Economies of scale and scope in the provision of diagnostic techniques and therapeutic services in Portuguese hospitals

This paper analyses the provision of auxiliary clinical services that are typically carried out within the hospital. We estimate a exible cost function for the three most important (cost- wise) diagnostic techniques and therapeutic services in Portuguese hospitals: Clinical Pathology, Medical Imagin...

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Main Author: Gonçalves, Ricardo (author)
Other Authors: Barros, Pedro (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2550
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/2550