Impact of free vaccine and insurance status on physician referral of children to public vaccine clinics

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 996-1000

  Zimmerman, Richard Kent ^a,b   Medsger, Anne R ^b   Ricci, Edmund M ^b   Raymund, Mahlon ^a   Mieczkowski, Tammy A ^a   Grufferman, Seymour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAID; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030884213     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.12.996     Document Type: Article

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