Significance of medicare and medicaid programs for the practice of medicine

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-90

  DeWalt, Darren A ^a   Oberlander, Jonathan ^a   Carey, Timothy S ^a   Roper, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644679483     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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