Getting value from health spending: Going beyond payment reform

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 796-797

  Ho, Sam ^a   Sandy, Lewis G ^a  

^a UNITEDHEALTH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

health care reform; health policy; payment reform

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; REWARD; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REVIEW COMMISSION; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900837790     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2687-7     Document Type: Review

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