Use of the Hospital in a Randomized Trial of Prepaid Care

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 259, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1343-1346

  Siu, Albert L ^a   Leibowitz, Arleen ^a   Brook, Robert H ^a   Goldman, Nancy S ^a   Lurie, Nicole ^a,b   Newhouse, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COST CONTROL; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0023872016     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03720090033030     Document Type: Article

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