Medical necessity and defined coverage benefits in the oregon health plan

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1053-1058

  Glassman, Peter A ^a,b,e   Jacobson, Peter D ^c   Asch, Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Division of General Internal Medicine (111G)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAID; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030834334     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.1053     Document Type: Article

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