Satisfied to death: A spurious result?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1112-1113

  Friedberg, Mark W ^a,b   Safran, Dana Gelb ^c,d   Schneider, Eric C ^a,b,e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 84864398108     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2012.2562     Document Type: Note

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