The clinical allocation of joint blood product costs

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-176

  Trenchard, P M ^a   Dixon, Robert ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation models; Blood products; Common costs; Joint costs; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038346447     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5005(03)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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