Using flexibility to improve value-for-money in hospital infrastructure investments

2008 1st International Conference on Infrastructure Systems and Services: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, INFRA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  De Neufville, Richard ^a   Lee, Yun S ^b   Scholtes, Stefan ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; IMPORTANT VALUE; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; LAY-OUT; LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS; PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOCIAL BENEFITS;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; HOSPITALS; PUBLIC RISKS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77952343967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFRA.2008.5439668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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