Physician Response to Patient Insurance Status in Ambulatory Care Clinical Decision-Making: Implications for Quality of Care

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 783-797

  Mort, Elizabeth A ^a   Edwards, Jennifer N ^a   Emmons, David W ^b   Convery, Karen ^a   Blumenthal, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Health insurance; Medical indigency; Physician patient relation; Primary health care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030211331     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199608000-00006     Document Type: Article

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