Do we really want to control health care spending?

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 495-500

  Gusmano, Michael K ^a  

^a HASTINGS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960223396     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-1271153     Document Type: Article

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