Relative performance evaluation of the English acute hospital sector

Applied Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1109-1119

  Street, Andrew ^a   Jacobs, Rowena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036296051     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840110088100     Document Type: Article

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