What if physicians actually had to control medical costs?

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1489-1490

  Brook, Robert H ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NOTE; PHARMACY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957688482     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1426     Document Type: Note

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