Geographic adjustment in medicare payment: Phase II: Implications for access, quality, and efficiency

Geographic Adjustment in Medicare Payment: Phase II: Implications for Access, Quality, and Efficiency

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-216

  Edmunds, Margaret ^a   Sloan, Frank A ^b   Steinwald, A Bruce ^c  

^a Institute of Medicine (IOM)   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84988470902     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/13420     Document Type: Book

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