Who pays when VA users are hospitalized in the private sector? evidence from three data sources

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1003-1007

  West, Alan N ^a   Weeks, William B ^a,b,c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Medicare; Payment; Private sector; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748905384     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318070c6e2     Document Type: Article

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