Family Care in the United States: A National Profile

Medical Care

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 564-573

  Doescher, Mark P ^a   Franks, Peter ^b  

^a Comm Hlth Ctr of Snohomish County ^*  (United States)

^b Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Family care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031159821     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199706000-00003     Document Type: Article

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