Referrals by general internists and internal medicine trainees in an academic medicine practice

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1679-1687

  Borowsky, Steven J ^a,b   Rubenstein, Lisa V ^b   Skootsky, Samuel A ^c   Shapiro, Martin F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CALIFORNIA; CAPITATION FEE; CONTRACT SERVICES; DISEASE; GROUP PRACTICE, PREPAID; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0031267740     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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