Faithful patients: The effect of long-term physician-patient relationships on the costs and use of health care by older Americans

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1742-1747

  Weiss, Linda J ^a   Blustein, Jan ^a,b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030471931     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.12.1742     Document Type: Article

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