Competition in a publicly funded healthcare system

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7630, 2007, Pages 1126-1129

  Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Himmelstein, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37049014253     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39400.549502.94     Document Type: Article

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