Economies of scale in physician practice

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 417-440

  Pope, Gregory C ^a   Burge, Russel T ^a  

^a Health Economics Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCOME; MANAGEMENT; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; OFFICE VISITS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030345385     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755879605300403     Document Type: Article

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