Proposal of the Physicians' Working Group for Single-Payer National Health Insurance

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 798-805

  Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Angell, Marcia ^a   Young, Quentin D ^b   Himmelstein, David U ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Physicians for a National Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; STANDARD;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

COST CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; INSURANCE, MAJOR MEDICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNITED STATES; SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 0042160267     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.6.798     Document Type: Review

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