Effects of market reforms on doctors and their patients

Health Affairs

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Blumenthal, David ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0013058124     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.15.2.170     Document Type: Article

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