Risk, motives, and styles of utilization review: A cross-condition comparison

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 911-926

  Wolff, Nancy ^a   Schlesinger, Mark ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Managed care; Professional uncertainty; Utilization review

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANAGED CARE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031873585     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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