Three "inconvenient truths" about health care

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1749-1751

  Fuchs, Victor R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54949109773     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0807432     Document Type: Article

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