A theoretical perspective using resource dependency to predict the potential migration of Medicare-eligible military beneficiaries into the Department of Defense's managed care system

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 726-731

  Coppola, M Nicholas ^a   Hudak, Ronald P ^a   Gidwani, Pradeep G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LAW; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MANAGER; MEDICARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036736511     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.9.726     Document Type: Article

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