The financial impact of resource-based relative value scale on us-based community health centers

Research in Healthcare Financial Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Dietz, Donna K ^a   Eide, Barbara J ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547419253     PISSN: 15241521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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