Designing transparency systems for medical care prices

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 894-895

  Cutler, David ^a,b   Dafny, Leemore ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL FEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952398795     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1100540     Document Type: Short Survey

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