Agglomeration and cost economies for Washington State hospital services

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 553-564

  Cohen, Jeffrey P ^a,b   Morrison Paul, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Clustering; Hospital costs

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPLEMENTARITY; DATA SET; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MODELING; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 56449086119     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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