Managed care under siege

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 434-460

  Epstein, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative and error costs; Imperfect information; Managed care organizations; Market exchanges; Patient rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MANAGED CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; POLITICS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033373416     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.5.434.2516     Document Type: Article

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