Key performance indicators for maintenance of health-care facilities

Facilities

Volumn 21, Issue , 2003, Pages 5-12

  Shohet, Igal M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Building; Facilities management; Hospitals; Israel; Key indicators; Maintenance; Outsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645142936     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770310460496     Document Type: Article

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