Rationing of Health Care in the United States: An Inevitable Consequence of Increasing Health Care Costs

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 321, Issue 8, 2019, Pages 751-752

  Bauchner, Howard ^a  

^a JAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; TRENDS;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85061613467     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.1081     Document Type: Editorial

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