Jurisdiction size and local public health spending

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2148-2166

  Santerre, Rexford E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Costs of production; Economies of scale; Public health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINIMUM EFFICIENT SCALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCALE UP;

ALGORITHMS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72849116396     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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