Cost and performance information for doctors: An international comparison

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-354

  Jacobs, Kerry ^a   Marcon, Giuseppe ^b   Witt, Dieter ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost awareness; Doctors; Germany; Health reform; Information; Italy; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444236772     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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