Public financing of pain management: leaky umbrellas and ragged safety nets.
Although many people in pain depend on public health care programs for aid, these programs cover pain relief only fragmentarily. He examines the gaps and deficiencies in Medicare and Medicaid funding of pain relief, and explores the effects of Medicare and Medicaid fraud enforcement on pain management.
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Ohio State University College of Law, USA.
D016527:Drug Costs; D035082:Federal Government; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014481:United States