Performance Measures and Cost Containment in the New Zealand Health Sector: A Case of Iatrogenic Disorder

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 15, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 4-14

  Lawrence, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84993001002     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2005.tb00298.x     Document Type: Note

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