The changing healthcare market: Outlook for the future of cardiovascular disease treatment - Part 2

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1125-1130

  Becker, Edmund R ^a   Morris, Douglas C ^b   Culler, Steven D ^b   Mauldin, Patrick D ^b   Shaw, Leslee J ^b   Talley, J David ^b   Weintraub, William S ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DRUG INDUSTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032822128     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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