The Costs of Denying Scarcity

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 593-596

  Alexander, G Caleb ^a   Werner, Rachel M ^b   Ubel, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 1642371171     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.6.593     Document Type: Note

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