A comparison of hospital scale effects in short-run and long-run cost functions
- 24 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Health Economics
- Vol. 8 (6) , 521-530
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-1050(199909)8:6<521::aid-hec462>3.0.co;2-g
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