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Research Article

Technical efficiency and corporate structure of Italian Private Hospitals. evidence from a one-step stochastic frontier analysis

Marco A. De BenedettoDepartment of Economics, University of Messina, 98122Messina, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Antonio F. ForgioneDepartment of Economics, University of Messina, 98122Messina, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4015-4939
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Pages 1225-1228 | Published online: 14 Oct 2019

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