Comparing local and regional variation in health care spending

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1724-1731

  Zhang, Yuting ^a   Baik, Seo Hyon ^a   Fendrick, A Mark ^b,c   Baicker, Katherine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 84868231610     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1203980     Document Type: Article

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