Current issues in health policy: A primer for the orthopaedic surgeon

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 76-86

  Sharan, Alok D ^a,b   Genuario, James ^a,c   Mehta, Samir ^a,d,e   Kusuma, Sharat ^a,f   Ranawat, Anil ^a,g,h   Nunley, Ryan ^a,i   Weinstein, Stuart L ^j,k  

^a AAOS Health Policy ^*  (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Holston Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g Sports Medicine

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j AAOS   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 33847044761     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200702000-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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