Does ownership matter for the delivery of professionalized public services? Cost-efficiency and effectiveness in private and public dental care for children in Denmark

Public Administration

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-164

  Bøgh Andersen, Lotte ^a   Blegvad, Marianne ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Medical Research Unit of Ringkjøbing County

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33646685961     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2006.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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