An international comparison of hospital efficiency: Does institutional environment matter?

Applied Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1089-1100

  Lee Mobley, Rivers ^a,b   Magnussen, Jon ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

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EID: 0037955335     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368498325255     Document Type: Article

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