Primary Care as Part of US Health Services Reform

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 269, Issue 24, 1993, Pages 3136-3139

  Starfield, Barbara ^a   Simpson, Lisa ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0027213416     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1993.03500240080030     Document Type: Article

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