The importance of management for understanding managed care

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 518-534

  Agich, George J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Administration; Clinical judgement; Managed care; Managed care organization; Management; Medical ethics; Philosophy of medicine; Quality of care; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0033386576     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.24.5.518.2515     Document Type: Article

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