Cost & efficiency evaluation of a publicly financed & publicly delivered referral transport service model in three districts of Haryana State, India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 138, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages 1003-1011

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Manchanda, Neha ^a   Aggarwal, Arun Kumar ^a   Kaur, Manmeet ^a   Jeet, Gursimer ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cost; Efficiency; Referral transport; Scale of operation

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INDIA; PATIENT REFERRAL;

AMBULANCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDIA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84893231160     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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