Does experience matter? Understanding the mechanism of the volume-outcome relationship: Learning-by-doing or economies of scale

Ritesh Maharaj

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0318808

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Does experience matter? Understanding the mechanism of the volume-outcome relationship: Learning-by-doing or economies of scale

Ritesh Maharaj

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: R.maharaj@lse.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3667-2426

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Does experience matter? Understanding the mechanism of the volume-outcome relationship: Learning-by-doing or economies of scale

Ritesh Maharaj

Published: March 26, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318808

About the Authors

Ritesh Maharaj

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: R.maharaj@lse.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3667-2426

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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