Returns to scope: a metric for production synergies demonstrated for hospital production
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Returns to scope; Diversification; Hospital production; D24; I12;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
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