Comparing public and private hospitals in China: Evidence from Guangdong

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Eggleston, Karen ^a   Lu, Mingshan ^b   Li, Congdong ^c   Wang, Jian ^d   Yang, Zhe ^e   Zhang, Jing ^f   Quan, Hude ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Guangdong Bureau of Health Statistics Center   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD;

CHINA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77951481807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-76     Document Type: Article

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