The measurement of efficiency and productivity of health care delivery.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Health Economics

• Publication date

  2008-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Economics

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  DOI 10.1002/hec.1391PMID 18702091
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