Competition and quality: Evidence from the NHS internal market 1991-9

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 525, 2008, Pages 138-170

  Propper, Carol ^a   Burgess, Simon ^a   Gossage, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); COMPETITIVENESS; HOSPITAL SECTOR; POLICY STRATEGY; PRICE DETERMINATION; SERVICE SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37749015248     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02107.x     Document Type: Article

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