Operations assessment of hospitals in the Sultanate of Oman

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-54

  Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Hospitals; Performance appraisal; Production planning and control; Sultanate of Oman

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844276256     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570510572231     Document Type: Article

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