Bending the Medicare cost curve for physicians' services: Lessons learned from Canada

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1555-1559

  Barr, Donald A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of health care; Financing health care; Health reform; History of medicine health care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE;

CANADA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867864749     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2091-8     Document Type: Article

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