When do we "Just say no"? Policy termination decisions in local hospital services

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-242

  Graddy, Elizabeth A ^a   Ye, Ke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacificare

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITAL SECTOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42349089972     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2008.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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