Economies of scale and scope in Vietnamese hospitals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 199-208

  Weaver, Marcia ^a   Deolalikar, Anil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Economies of scope; Hospital cost functions; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ECONOMY OF SCALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; VIET NAM;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 1842861848     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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