Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care /

Disease, Diagnoses, and Dollars Facing the Ever-Expanding Market for Medical Care Robert M. Kaplan, UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA Close to 50 Million Uninsured, Steeply Rising Insurance Premiums, Employers Cutting Healthcare Benefits . . . Theres plenty wrong with this picture. In D...

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Main Author: Kaplan, Robert M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
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