Employment and US health care reform: Saving jobs while cutting costs

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1811-1813

  Sessions, Samuel Y ^a   Detsky, Allan S ^b,c,d  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORK; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MANPOWER;

COST SAVINGS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; INSURANCE, HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 65549116346     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.571     Document Type: Note

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