The determinants of public versus private provision of Emergency Medical Services

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-319

  David, Guy ^a   Chiang, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Emergency Medical Services; Public and private enterprises

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CONTRACTING OUT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS; PANEL DATUM; PUBLIC AGENCIES; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISES; PUBLIC PRIVATES; PUBLIC SERVICES; RETURNS TO SCALE; STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 59149104799     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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