Price controls and Medicare spending: Assessing the volume offset assumption

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-483

  Zuckerman, Stephen ^a   Norton, Stephen A ^a   Verrilli, Diana ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Radiology Management Sciences

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031761643     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755879805500404     Document Type: Article

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