Must good HMOS go bad? Second of two parts: The search for checks and balances

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 1635-1639

  Kuttner, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INCENTIVES; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; COMMERCE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONS; PATIENT RIGHTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032574937     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199805283382221     Document Type: Article

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