Physician fee policy and medicaid program costs

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages

  Gruber, Jonathan ^a,b   Adams, Kathleen ^c   Newhouse, Joseph P ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0004681774     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146423     Document Type: Article

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