Cost consideration in the clinical guidance documents of physician specialty societies in the United States

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1091-1097

  Schwartz, Jennifer A T ^a   Pearson, Steven D ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879560623     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.817     Document Type: Article

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