Assessing hospital performance by the Pabon Lasso model

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-124

  Goshtasebi, A ^a,b   Vahdaninia, M ^c   Gorgipour, R ^a   Samanpour, A ^a   Maftoon, F ^c   Farzadi, F ^c   Ahmadi, F ^a  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hospital; Iran; Pabon lasso; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649123110     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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