On the effect of service life conditions on the maintenance costs of healthcare facilities

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1087-1098

  Lavy, Sarel ^a   Shohet, Igal M ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Facilities management; Healthcare; Maintenance; Occupancy; Service conditions

Indexed keywords

BUILDING COMPONENTS; HOSPITALS; MAINTENANCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SERVICE LIFE;

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT; FACILITY COEFFICIENT; STANDARD OCCUPANCY;

HEALTH CARE;

BUILDING; COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HEALTH CARE; MAINTENANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35348899421     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190701393034     Document Type: Article

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