The role of states in improving price transparency in health care

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 886-887

  Sinaiko, Anna D ^a   Chien, Alyna T ^b   Rosenthal, Meredith B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD; CROWDSOURCING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MEDICAL CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

COMMERCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84930730979     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0628     Document Type: Short Survey

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