Fee code creep among general practitioners and family physicians in Ontario: Why does the ratio of intermediate to minor assessments keep climbing?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 749-754

  Chan, Ben ^a,c   Anderson, Geoffrey M ^b   Thériault, Marc Erick ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Price Waterhouse   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 0032562261     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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