Single specialty hospitals and service competition

Inquiry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-171

  Carey, Kathleen ^a,b   Burgess, James F ^b,c   Young, Gary J ^b,c  

^a Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VA Center for Organization Leadership and Management Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MEDICARE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 69449087782     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.02.162     Document Type: Article

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