title: Annotation: patients on the auction block.
authors.affiliation: Center for National Health Program Studies, Cambridge Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woolhandler
authors.forename: D U
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Himmelstein
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States