Clarifying sources of geographic differences in medicare spending

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-62

  Zuckerman, Stephen ^a   Waidmann, Timothy ^a   Berenson, Robert ^a   Hadley, Jack ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77954189628     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa0909253     Document Type: Article

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