Measuring the productivity growth and quality changes of teaching and non-teaching hospitals in Taiwan

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Issue		RAIRO-Oper. Res. Volume 55, 2021 Regular articles published in advance of the transition of the journal to Subscribe to Open (S2O). Free supplement sponsored by the Fonds National pour la Science Ouverte


Page(s)		S1823 - S1831
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/ro/2020047
Published online		02 March 2021

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