Corporate Health Care Purchasing and the Revised Social Contract with Workers

Business & Society

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-303

  Maxwell, James ^a   Briscoe, Forrest ^b   Temin, Peter ^c  

^a JSI RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84992850862     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765030003900303     Document Type: Article

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