Physician payment policies: Impacts and implications

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue , 1997, Pages 549-565

  Rice, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

capitation; fee for service; health maintenance organizations; Medicare; physician payment

Indexed keywords

CAPITATION FEE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031000910     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.549     Document Type: Review

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