Variation in unit costs of hospitals in the English National Health Service

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 202-208

  Jacobs, Rowena ^a   Dawson, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIANCE;

COST ALLOCATION; COST CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; INTERVIEWS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0141997933     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/135581903322403263     Document Type: Article

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