Outsourcing public health laboratory services: A blueprint for determining whether to privatize and how

Public Administration Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 330-337

  Avery, George ^a  

^a ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0041116653     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-3352.00095     Document Type: Article

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