Understanding different models of health maintenance organizations

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Offner, Ellen ^a   Zacker, Heather B ^b  

^a HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b Heather B Zacker Consult Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MODEL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029924291     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199604000-00016     Document Type: Review

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