Controlling health care costs in massachusetts with a global spending target

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1215-1216

  Steinbrook, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LAW; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866540551     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2012.jama.11322     Document Type: Short Survey

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