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Principal agent relationships and the efficiency of hospitals

✍ Scribed by Martijn Ludwig; Frits Van Merode; Wim Groot

Publisher
Springer
Year
2009
Tongue
French
Weight
368 KB
Volume
11
Category
Article
ISSN
1618-7598

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