Avoidance of health care services because of cost: impact of the medicare savings program.

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Published in Health Aff (Millwood) on January 13, 2005

Authors

Alex D Federman1, Bruce C Vladeck, Albert L Siu

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, USA. alex.federman@msnyuhealth.org

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