Perspective: The promise of health care cost containment

Health Affairs

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1545-1547

  Garber, Alan ^a,b   Goldman, Dana P ^c   Jena, Anupam B ^d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d RAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849058148     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.6.1545     Document Type: Short Survey

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