The role of government in health care: A societal issue

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-157

  DeBakey, Michael E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic health centers; Bureaucratic regulations; Escalating health care costs; Health care and government; Managed care; Medical administrative costs; Medically uninsured; Medicare; National health care

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCOME; MEDICAID; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31444442965     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.09.016     Document Type: Editorial

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