When Courts Review Medical Appropriateness

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1295-1302

  Anderson, Gerard ^a,c   Hall, Mark A ^b   Smith, Teresa Rust ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ctr for Hosp Fin and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Judicial review health insurance coverage; Medical appropriateness; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CARRIERS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032134611     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199808000-00016     Document Type: Article

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