The smart-seller challenge: Exploring the determinants of privatizing public nursing homes

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-527

  Amirkhanyan, Anna A ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

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EID: 45549101682     PISSN: 10531858     EISSN: 14779803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mul009     Document Type: Article

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