Use of physicians' services under medicare's resource-based payments

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1853-1861

  Maxwell, Stephanie ^a   Zuckerman, Stephen ^a   Berenson, Robert A ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; FEE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

FEE SCHEDULES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34247853522     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa063258     Document Type: Article

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