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The empirical analysis of cost behaviour in any industry must confront the problem of defining output, and such an analysis of hospitals is no exception. While this problem can be a difficult one to resolve for any industry, it is particularly acute for studies of service industries which, by their nature, produce intangible outputs.
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Butler, J.R.G. (1995). The Concept, Measurement and Classification of Hospital Output. In: Hospital Cost Analysis. Developments in Health Economics and Public Policy, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0179-0_3
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