Physician Practice Cost Payments in the Medicare Fee Schedule: What Are the Implications for Primary Care Specialties of Not Being Resource-based?

Overview

Journal J Gen Intern Med

Publisher Springer

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1995 Jan 1

PMID 7699484

Authors

E R BECKER

E K ADAMS

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References

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BECKER E, Dunn D, Hsiao W . Relative cost differences among physicians' specialty practices. JAMA. 1988; 260(16):2397-402. View