Managed Care and the morality of the marketplace

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 333, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 50-52

  Kassirer, Jerome P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAPITATION FEE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MORALS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029072274     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199507063330110     Document Type: Editorial

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