Technology diffusion and productivity growth in health care

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 951-964

  Skinner, Jonathan ^a,b   Staiger, Douglas ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84949743822     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00535     Document Type: Article

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