The emergence of physician-owned specialty hospitals

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-84

  Iglehart, John K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SURGEON;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITALS, PROPRIETARY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OWNERSHIP; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11344263580     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhpr043631     Document Type: Article

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