The elusive quest for quality and cost savings in the medicare program

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 668-670

  Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249096090     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.91     Document Type: Editorial

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