Does Combining Health Care Hospitality Services Increase Efficiency?

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-193

  Reynolds, Dennis ^a   Leeman, Darin ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Touro College and University System   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; general systems modularity; health care; hospitality services

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749114547     PISSN: 10963480     EISSN: 15577554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1096348006297289     Document Type: Article

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