How Costly is Hospital Quality? A Revealed-Preference Approach
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How costly is hospital quality? A revealed-preference approach.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Industrial Economics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-1821
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2011.00468.x