Emergency physicians' obligations to managed care patients under COBRA

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 794-800

  Wood, Joseph Patrick ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

COBRA legislation; ethics; managed care; medicolegal; review; transfer

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029786157     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1996.tb03517.x     Document Type: Review

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