Assessing health care report cards

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-352

  Gormley Jr , William T ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041944053     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a024387     Document Type: Article

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