Improving the delivery of preventive services to medicare beneficiaries

JAMA

Volumn 302, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2699-2700

  Lesser, Lenard I ^a   Bazemore, Andrew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NOTE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HEALTH CARE REFORM; MEDICARE; POLICY MAKING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949145228     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.1918     Document Type: Note

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