Are Italian healthcare organizations paying too much for their public-private partnerships?

Public Money and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-132

  Vecchi, Veronica ^a   Hellowell, Mark ^b   Longo, Francesco ^c  

^a SDA Bocconi School of Management   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

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EID: 76749108551     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665586     Document Type: Article

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