Estimating the utilization impacts of hospital closures through hospital choice models: A comparison of disaggregate and aggregate models

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-153

  Adams, E Kathleen ^a   Porell, Frank W ^b   Robbins, James D ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c MEDSTAT Group   (United States)

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EID: 0041734441     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0121(96)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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