Consequences of local variations in social care on the performance of the acute health care sector

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1503-1518

  Fernandez, Jose Luis ^a   Forder, J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 45949099404     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600843939     Document Type: Article

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