Curbing the growth of public sector health expenditures has been the proclaimed government objective in Belgium since the 1980s. However, the respect for freedom of choice for patients and for therapeutic freedom for providers has blocked the introduction of microeconomic incentives and quality cont
Health care reform in the United States
β Scribed by Allan Maynard
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
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