Costs of health care administration in the United States and Canada

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 768-775

  Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Campbell, Terry ^b   Himmelstein, David U ^a,c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS;

CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HOME CARE AGENCIES; INSURANCE, HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042967778     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa022033     Document Type: Article

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