Managed care discounting: Evidence from the marketscan database

Inquiry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-169

  Dor, Avi ^a,b,e   Koroukian, Siran M ^c   Grossman, Michael ^b,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MORTALITY; REVIEW; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 4444244976     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_41.2.159     Document Type: Review

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