The unintended consequences of bundled payments

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-64

  Weeks, William B ^a   Rauh, Stephen S ^b   Wadsworth, Eric B ^a   Weinstein, James N ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Stephen Rauh Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 84871916149     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-1-201301010-00012     Document Type: Article

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