Regulatory barriers to entry in the healthcare industry: The case of alternative medicine

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 485-502

  Anderson, Gary M ^a   Halcoussis, Dennis ^a   Johnston, Linda ^b   Lowenberg, Anton D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Practitioner   (United States)

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EID: 0043189015     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1062-9769(00)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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