Hospital inefficiency: What is the impact of membership in different types of systems?

Inquiry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-349

  Rosko, Michael D ^a   Proenca, Jose ^a   Zinn, Jacqueline S ^b   Bazzoli, Gloria J ^c  

^a WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PLANNING; LICENCE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS;

EID: 36448975774     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_44.3.335     Document Type: Article

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