Costing counting and comparability: Aspects of performance measurement in a pathology laboratory

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-31

  France, Necia ^a   Francis, Graham ^b   Lawrence, Stewart ^a   Sacks, Sydney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b Open Polytechnic Business School   (New Zealand)

^c Health Waikato ^*  (New Zealand)

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EID: 84986141060     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb037965     Document Type: Article

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