Do medicare HMOs cost shift?

Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-331

  Feldman, Roger ^a   Wholey, Douglas ^b   Christianson, Jon B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICARE; PROFIT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031727736     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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