Factors Impacting Outsourcing Decisions in Federal University Teaching Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria: An Empirical Study

L.O Aluko

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L.O Aluko

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outsourcing decisions, factors influencing outsourcing, effectiveness, and efficiency

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implementation of outsourcing policy in Federal University Teaching Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria. It investigated the factors influencing outsourcing in the Teaching Hospitals. Primary data were collected through questionnaire administration. The three Federal University Teaching Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria used for this study are: Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos; Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife; and

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Factors Impacting Outsourcing Decisions in Federal University Teaching Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria: An Empirical Study. (2019). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 19(F3), 1-9. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/2912

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