Does Inappropriate Use Explain Small-Area Variations in the Use of Health Care Services?

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 669-672

  Leape, Lucian L ^a,d   Park, Rolla Edward ^a   Solomon, David H ^c   Chassin, Mark R ^b   Kosecoff, Jacqueline ^b   Brook, Robert H ^a,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Value Health Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DATA COLLECTION; ENDARTERECTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025162205     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440050063034     Document Type: Article

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