The potential for cost savings through bundled episode payments

Affiliations

David M Cutler et al. N Engl J Med. 2012.

. 2012 Mar 22;366(12):1075-7.

doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1113361.

¹ Department of Economics, Harvard University, and National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, USA.

No abstract available

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