What price survival? The future of blue cross and blue shield

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1863-1869

  Friedman, Emily ^a  

^a Unit G   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INSURANCE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032540716     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.23.1863     Document Type: Review

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