Vertical competition in the Spanish National Health System (NHS)

Public Choice

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 477-498

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,c   Rico, Ana ^b,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 33748579977     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-005-9011-y     Document Type: Article

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