An employer's perspective on hospitalists as a source of improved health care value

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 360-363

  Milstein, Arnold ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033573857     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-4-199902161-00006     Document Type: Review

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