Assessing efficiency of public health and medical care provision in OECD countries after a decade of reform

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 325-343

  Ozcan, Yasar A ^a   Khushalani, Jaya ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNDEA; Efficiency; Health reform; OECD; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960098124     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-016-0440-0     Document Type: Article

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