Payment reduction and medicare private fee-for-service plans

Health Care Financing Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Frakt, Austin B ^a   Pizer, Steven D ^a   Feldman, Roger ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE PART C; PRIVATE SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66849143732     PISSN: 01958631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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