The 'Boston Model' of managed care and spinal cord injury: A cross- sectional study of the outcomes of risk-based, prepaid, managed care

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1450-1456

  Meyers, Allan R ^a,b   Bisbee, Alice ^a,b   Winter, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0032700410     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90257-5     Document Type: Article

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