License to steal: combating health care fraud.

A review of a book that discusses the extent of Medicaid and Medicare fraud and offers suggestions for combating such fraud is presented. The book reviewed is License to Steal: Why Fraud Plagues America's Health Care System, by Malcolm Sparrow. Sparrow states that the extent of fraud is never meas...

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Publicado en:Spectrum: Journal of State Government Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 1 - 4
Autor principal: Grayson, Matt
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Council of State Governments Winter 1998
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