Beyond gatekeeping: Enlisting patients as agents for quality and cost-containment

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1722-1723

  Kravitz, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL;

COST CONTROL; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 51649103225     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0763-1     Document Type: Editorial

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