Health of the public: The private-sector challenge

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1071-1074

  Showstack, Jonathan ^a,i   Lurie, Nicole ^b,c   Leatherman, Sheila ^c,d,h   Fisher, Elliott ^e,f   Inui, Thomas ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0029745430     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.13.1071     Document Type: Article

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