Health care reform: From myth to practice

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-581

  Cooper, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958018017     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f888bc     Document Type: Review

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