A Controlled Trial of the Effect of a Prepaid Group Practice on Use of Services

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 310, Issue 23, 1984, Pages 1505-1510

  Manning, Willard G ^a   Leibowitz, Arleen ^a   Goldberg, George A ^a   Rogers, William H ^a   Newhouse, Joseph P ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; GROUP PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0021220954     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198406073102305     Document Type: Article

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