Variation in prices for common medical tests and procedures

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-12

  Aliferis, Lisa ^a  

^a KQED News   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEE; MAMMOGRAPHY;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEES AND CHARGES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84920582848     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.6793     Document Type: Note

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