Healthcare reform and its implications for the U.S. economy

Business Horizons

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-117

  Herzlinger, Regina E ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Focused factories; Integration of care; Retail medicine; Single payer system; Transparency in healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649239353     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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