Two decades of research comparing for-profit and nonprofit health provider performance in the United States

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-241

  Rosenau, Pauline Vaillancourt ^a   Linder, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0038468829     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6237.8402001     Document Type: Article

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