Toward lower costs and better care - averting a collision between consumer-and provider-focused reforms

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 903-906

  Fisher, Elliott S ^a   Lee, Peter V ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b California Health Benefits Exchange   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE;

CALIFORNIA; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; INSURANCE, HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960449109     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1514921     Document Type: Review

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