Medicaid physician fees and the quality of medical care of Medicaid patients in the USA

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-112

  Decker, Sandra L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Duration of visit; Medicaid; Physician care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947417998     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-007-9000-7     Document Type: Article

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