No evidence of the effect of the interventions to combat health care fraud and abuse: A systematic review of literature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Rashidian, Arash ^a,b   Joudaki, Hossein ^c   Vian, Taryn ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DETECTION CATEGORY; FRAUD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; INTERVENTION STUDY; PREVENTION CATEGORY; RESPOSNE CATEGORY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FRAUD;

EID: 84865289842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041988     Document Type: Review

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