Realizing and allocating savings from improving health care quality and efficiency

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Fox, Daniel M ^a  

^a Milbank Memorial Fund   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES; INTERNATIONALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952109688     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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