Health outcomes and managed care: Discussing the hidden issues

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 756-762

  Chin, Marshall H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLICY; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONS; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0031134682     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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