Entry and regulation: Evidence from health care professions

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 949-972

  Schaumans, Catherine ^a   Verboven, Frank ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BELGIUM; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, PHARMACY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PHARMACIES; PHYSICIANS; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING;

EID: 58149375284     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2008.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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