Medicare at 50-moving forward

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 671-677

  Blumenthal, David ^a   Davis, Karen ^b   Guterman, Stuart ^c  

^a The Commonwealth Fund   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; AGED; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MEDICARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922749579     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMhpr1414856     Document Type: Article

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