Effect of Utilization Review in a Fee-for-Service Health Insurance Plan
- 16 November 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 333 (20) , 1326-1331
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199511163332006
Abstract
Although utilization review is widely used to control health care costs, its effect on patterns of health care is uncertain.Keywords
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