Hospital Ownership Conversions: Defining the Appropriate Public Oversight Role
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عنوان ژورنال: NBER/Frontiers in Health Policy Research
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1537-2634,1096-231X
DOI: 10.1162/109623102320169591