Effects of Ownership on Hospital Efficiency in Germany
✍ Scribed by Tiemann, Oliver; Schreyögg, Jonas
- Book ID
- 125334431
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 459 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2198-3402
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