Management Accounting and Control in Health Care: An Economics Perspective

Handbooks of Management Accounting Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 859-883

  Eldenburg, Leslie ^a   Krishnan, Ranjani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 61649091865     PISSN: 17513243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1751-3243(06)02016-5     Document Type: Review

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