Monitoring health care in the United States - A challenging task

Public Health Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 108-115

  Pollock, Allyson M ^a,b,d   Rice, Dorothy P ^b,c  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030966381     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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