Is Managed Care Still an Effective Cost Containment Device?

Yu-Chu Shen & Glenn Melnick
Published Date
Copyright 2006
DOI 10.2202/1558-9544.1007
Book: Frontiers in Health Policy Research, Volume 9
Book organizers: David Cutler & Alan Garber
PUBLISHER: Berkeley Electronic Press
Series: Frontiers in Health Policy Research

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