Overbilling and informed financial consent - A contractual solution

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 396-397

  Richman, Barak D ^a,b   Hall, Mark A ^c,d,e   Schulman, Kevin A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LEGAL PROCEDURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84864522326     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1205225     Document Type: Article

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