Drivers of cost system development in hospitals: Results of a survey

Health Policy

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-252

  Cardinaels, Eddy ^a   Roodhooft, Filip ^b,c   Van Herck, Gustaaf ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Activity based costing; Cost control; Hospital context; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 2942709516     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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