The challenge of understanding health care costs and charges

AMA Journal of Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1046-1052

  Arora, Vineet ^a   Moriates, Christopher ^b   Shah, Neel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPREHENSION; ETHICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMPREHENSION; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84981207038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23766980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.11.stas1-1511     Document Type: Article

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