Trends in hospital ownership type and capacity: A decomposition analysis

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-370

  David, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Convergence; Hospitals; Mixed ownership equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749252789     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009333332     Document Type: Article

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