Is gatekeeping better than traditional care? A survey of physicians' attitudes

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 1677-1681

  Halm, Ethan A ^a,b   Causino, Nancyanne ^a   Blumenthal, David ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030723661     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.20.1677     Document Type: Article

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