Can market-based solutions work for all of medicare? Barriers to reform in the medicare population residing in health professional shortage areas

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-497

  Kohrs, Francis P ^a,b,c  

^a College of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MOBILIZATION; POVERTY; SELF CARE;

EID: 0030883059     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199705000-00005     Document Type: Article

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