Learning from others: The diffusion of hospital financing reforms in OECD countries

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 549-573

  Gilardi, Fabrizio ^a   Füglister, Katharina ^b   Luyet, Stéphane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health care; Learning; OECD countries; Policy diffusion; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749105286     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008327428     Document Type: Article

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