title: The physician gatekeeper: access to the Medicare hospice benefit.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D006278:Medicare; D010360:Patient Transfer; D008486:Physician Executives; D010819:Physician's Role; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics*; D012380:Role; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D014481:United States