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Special Section: Accounting Insights from the Healthcare Sector, Guest Editors: Eddy Cardinaels and Naomi S. Soderstrom

The Role of Performance Reporting System Characteristics for the Coordination of High-Cost Areas in Hospitals

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Pages 635-660 | Received 24 Jul 2014, Accepted 22 Jun 2016, Published online: 15 Aug 2016

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