Primary care and patient perceptions of access to care

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-185

  Stewart, Anita L ^a   Grumbach, Kevin ^a,b,c   Osmond, Dennis H ^b,c   Vranizan, Karen ^b,c   Komaromy, Miriam ^a,c   Bindman, Andrew B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; insurance, health; primary care physicians; primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031026248     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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