Assessing competition in hospital care markets: The importance of accounting for quality differentiation

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 786-814

  Tay, Abigail ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 1442306498     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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