Health Care and America's Rolling Depression

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 7-12

  Hodge, Melville H ^a  

^a Melville Hodge Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care buyer's market; Health care depression; Hospital surplus; Managed care; Physician surplus

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030157925     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199622000-00002     Document Type: Article

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