Trends in labor efficiency among American hospital markets

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 1996, Pages 61-81

  Ozcan, Yasar A ^a   Yeh, Shu Chuan ^a   McCollum, Denise ^a   Begun, James W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21444447076     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02187024     Document Type: Article

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