States with more health care spending have better-quality health care: Lessons about medicare

Health Affairs

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cooper, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59549106004     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.w103     Document Type: Article

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