Health Care Markets, Regulators, and Certifiers

Handbook of Health Economics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 639-690

  Dranove, David ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82955210063     PISSN: 15740064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53592-4.00010-4     Document Type: Chapter

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