Physician Impact on Hospital Admission and on Mortality Rates in the Medicare Population

Health Services Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-211

  Krakauer, Henry ^a   Jacoby, Itzhak ^a   Millman, Michael ^a   Lukomnik, Joanne E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; Mortality rates; Physician supply patterns

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MORTALITY;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES;

EID: 0029936144     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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