Citizen support for hospital privatization: A hierarchical cross-national analysis

Public Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-36

  Battaglio, R Paul ^a   Legge, Jerome S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized hierarchical linear modeling (GHLM); Hospital privatization; New public management (NPM); Symbolic politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849132159     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: 15737098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-007-0045-0     Document Type: Article

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