Is franchising in health care valuable? A systematic review

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 164-176

  Nijmeijer, Karlijn J ^a,b   Fabbricotti, Isabelle N ^a   Huijsman, Robbert ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Franchising; literature review; organization; outcomes

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 84896762195     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt001     Document Type: Article

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