Operational and contextual drivers of hospital costs

Journal of Health, Organisation and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-158

  Stock, Gregory N ^a   McDermott, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost drivers; Hospitals; Operations management; Organizational performance; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955938962     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261111134392     Document Type: Article

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