Hospital cost function in a non-market health care system

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 489-498

  Bilodeau, Daniel ^a   Crémieux, Pierre Yves ^a   Ouellette, Pierre ^a  

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EID: 0039596410     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465300558849     Document Type: Article

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