Cost efficiency modeling in health care foodservice operations

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 604-613

  Assaf, A ^a   Matawie, K M ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost efficiency; Health care foodservice; Stochastic Frontier Approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 50149097242     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2007.07.021     Document Type: Article

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