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Medicare Advantage: Growth Amidst Mounting Scrutiny
Eli Y. Adashi, Daniel P. O’Mahony and I. Glenn Cohen
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine October 2023, jabfm.2023.230111R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2023.230111R1
Eli Y. Adashi
From the Professor of Medical Science, Former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI (EYD); Director, Library Planning and Assessment, Brown University Library, Brown University, Providence, RI (DPO); Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (IGC).
MD, MSDaniel P. O’Mahony
From the Professor of Medical Science, Former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI (EYD); Director, Library Planning and Assessment, Brown University Library, Brown University, Providence, RI (DPO); Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (IGC).
MSLSI. Glenn Cohen
From the Professor of Medical Science, Former Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI (EYD); Director, Library Planning and Assessment, Brown University Library, Brown University, Providence, RI (DPO); Deputy Dean and James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Faculty Director, Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (IGC).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 37, Issue 6
November-December 2024
Medicare Advantage: Growth Amidst Mounting Scrutiny
Eli Y. Adashi, Daniel P. O’Mahony, I. Glenn Cohen
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Oct 2023, jabfm.2023.230111R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230111R1
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