Exploring the barriers to lean health care implementation

Public Money and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-66

  de Souza, Luciano Brandão ^a   Pidd, Michael ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79251539923     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545548     Document Type: Article

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