Social interaction in patients' hospital choice: Evidence from Italy

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-472

  Moscone, F ^a   Tosetti, E ^b   Vittadini, G ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health care; Quality; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858448862     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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