Self-Referral — What's at Stake?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 21, 1992, Pages 1522-1524

  Relman, Arnold S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0026454912     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199211193272112     Document Type: Editorial

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