The response to market power: Non-Profit hospitals versus for-profit hospitals

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-325

  Zaleski, Peter A ^a   Esposto, Alfredo G ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Hospitals; Non Profits

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548150211     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-007-9072-z     Document Type: Article

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