The Effects of US Hospital Consolidations on Hospital Quality

International Journal of the Economics of Business

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-126

  Mutter, Ryan L ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^b   Wong, Herbert S ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidations; Hospitals; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951766881     PISSN: 13571516     EISSN: 14661829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13571516.2011.542961     Document Type: Article

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