Accounting for public hospitals: A case study of modified GAAP

Abacus

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-422

  Ellwood, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Constructed reality; GAAP; Hospitals; Modified; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349086129     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2008.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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