Physician volume response to price controls

Health Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-204

  Nguyen, Nguyen Xuan ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral offset; Health care cost containment; Medicare part B; Price control; Volume response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030020335     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-8510(95)00777-6     Document Type: Article

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