title: Rationing and multitiered standards of care.
abstract: Michael Rie, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, and associate anesthetist, Massachusetts General Hospital, also of Boston, thinks it's time that multitiered levels of care were recognized by the law and that insurers were legally bound to reimburse providers at a fair rate.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rie
mesh_terms: D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009922:Oregon; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States