Good managed care needs universal health insurance

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 686-689

  Light, Donald W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033586769     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-130-8-199904200-00016     Document Type: Review

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