Managerialism and medical charity: How employing and pre-paying doctors affects the provision of free care in the United States

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-293

  Keane, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity care; Managed care; Managerialism; Medical profession; Pre payment; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053913715     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2011.20.3.281     Document Type: Article

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