Managed care and ultrasound for the diagnosis of fetal anomalies

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 847, Issue , 1998, Pages 181-184

  Buechler, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031855029     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb08938.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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