Stochastic cost frontier and cost inefficiency of Japanese hospitals: A panel data analysis

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 527-532

  Fujii, Atsushi ^a   Ohta, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 0040962631     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135048599352871     Document Type: Article

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