Uncompensated hospital care: Will it be there if we need it?

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 823-828

  Weissman, Joel ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Health Care Policy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029783120     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.10.823     Document Type: Article

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