Optimal administrative scale for planning public services: A social cost model applied to Flemish hospital care

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 382-394

  Blank, Jos L T ^a,b   van Hulst, Bart ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Hospitals; Network planning; Optimization; Social costs

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOCIAL POLICY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN PLANNING;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ALGORITHM; BELGIUM; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TRAVEL;

ALGORITHMS; BELGIUM; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TRAVEL;

EID: 84946492721     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: 10991751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2246     Document Type: Article

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