Medicare spending on physicians - No easy fix in sight

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 1883-1884

  Newhouse, Joseph P ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEE SCHEDULES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247899149     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe078031     Document Type: Editorial

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