Confidentiality and health insurance fraud

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 501-504

  Farber, Neil J ^a,e   Berger, Mark S ^b   Davis, Elizabeth B ^c   Weiner, Joan ^d   Boyer, E Gil ^c   Ubel, Peter A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Mental Health Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FORGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031058384     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.5.501     Document Type: Article

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