Health Insurance and Managed Care
What They Are and How They Work
FOURTH EDITION
PETER R. KONGSTVEDT, MD, FACP
Senior Health Policy Faculty
Department of Health Administration and Policy
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Principal, P. R. Kongstvedt Company, LLC
McLean, VA
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