Cost characteristics of hospitals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 895-906

  Smet, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Economies of scale and scope; Hospital cost analysis; Methodological aspects of multi product cost functions

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036328884     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00237-4     Document Type: Article

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