The end of fee-for-service medicine? Proposals for payment reform in Massachusetts

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1036-1038

  Steinbrook, Robert ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FEE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSURANCE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 70149101337     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0906556     Document Type: Article

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