The association between health care quality and cost a systematic review

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-33

  Hussey, Peter S ^a   Wertheimer, Samuel ^b   Mehrotra, Ateev ^c  

^a not available   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84871894829     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-1-201301010-00006     Document Type: Review

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