Patient choice of physician: Do health insurance and physician characteristics matter?

Inquiry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-246

  Cooper, Philip F ^a   Nichols, Len M ^b   Taylor, Amy K ^a,c  

^a Agy for Hlth Care Plcy and Res   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0029822380     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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