A Comparison of HMO Efficiencies as a Function of Provider Autonomy

Journal of Risk and Insurance

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Brockett, Patrick L ^a   Chang, Ray E ^b   Rousseau, John J ^a   Semple, John H ^c   Yang, Chuanhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1642310352     PISSN: 00224367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4367.2004.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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