Access and ability to pay: The ethics of a tiered health care system

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Krohmal, Benjamin J ^b   Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947237710     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.5.433     Document Type: Review

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