Economics of Multispecialty Group Practice

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 26-33

  Pauly, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Multispecialty group practice; Output incentives

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MOTIVATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030191813     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004479-199607000-00004     Document Type: Article

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