The case for a national patient library

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1914-1919

  Lerner, Jeffrey C ^a   Fox, Daniel M ^b   Ruzek, Sheryl B ^c   Shearer, Gail E ^d  

^a ECRI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Milbank Memorial Fund   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Health Policy Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; LIBRARY; PATIENT EDUCATION; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; LIBRARIES, MEDICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952115261     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0631     Document Type: Article

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