Medicare fees and the volume of physicians' services

Inquiry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 372-390

  Hadley, Jack ^a   Reschovsky, James ^b   Corey, Catherine ^b   Zuckerman, Stephen ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR STUDYING HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE   (United States)

^c Department of Health and Mental Hygiene ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RACE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PUBLIC POLICY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76649109617     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.4.372     Document Type: Article

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