Why lowering health costs should be A key adjunct to slowing health spending growth

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1651-1655

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRODUCT SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FORECASTING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053481823     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0347     Document Type: Article

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