Global budgets and technology-intensive medical services

Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 15-21

  Song, Zirui ^a,b   Fendrick, A Mark ^c   Safran, Dana Gelb ^d,e   Landon, Bruce E ^a,f   Chernew, Michael E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ^*  (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Global payment; Medical technologies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE QUALITY CONTRACT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTRACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84888216161     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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