Hospital Competition, Technical Efficiency and Quality

Economic Record

Volumn 87, Issue 277, 2011, Pages 252-268

  Chua, Chew Lian ^a   Palangkaraya, Alfons ^a   Yong, Jongsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); HOSPITAL SECTOR; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 79957484689     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2010.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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