Managed care: Origins, principles, and evolution

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7097, 1997, Pages 1823-1826

  Fairfield, Gillian ^a   Hunter, David J ^a   Mechanic, David ^b,c   Rosleff, Flemming ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rene Dubos Univ Dept Behav Sci

^d Box 5419   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANAGED CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030999673     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7097.1823     Document Type: Short Survey

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