Charges for medical care at different hospitals

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1417-1422

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c   Bell, Chaim M ^a,b   Detsky, Allan S ^a,b   Pansegrau, Gary K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034701835     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.10.1417     Document Type: Article

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