Is primary care essential?

The Lancet

Volumn 344, Issue 8930, 1994, Pages 1129-1133

  Starfield, Barbara ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EUROPE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028778750     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)90634-3     Document Type: Article

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