Managed care as a public cost-containment mechanism

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 277-295

  Goldman, Dana P ^a  

^a RAND   (United States)

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EID: 21844501739     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555917     Document Type: Article

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