Misaligned incentives in America's health: Who's minding the store?

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-487

  Teutsch, Steven M ^a   Berger, Marc L ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation of resources; Delivery of health care; Disparities; Priority setting; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544445250     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.408     Document Type: Editorial

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