Use of High-Cost Operative Procedures by Medicare Beneficiaries Enrolled in For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Health Plans
- 8 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 350 (2) , 143-150
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa035634
Abstract
It is widely believed that for-profit health plans are more likely than not-for-profit health plans to respond to financial incentives by restricting access to care, especially access to high-cost procedures. Until recently, data to address this question have been limited.Keywords
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