Performance evaluations of for-profit and nonprofit U.S. hospitals since 1980

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-423

  Rosenau, Pauline Vaillancourt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 85008197418     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.7     Document Type: Article

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