Measuring Access to Care: Improving Information for Policymakers

Health Affairs

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 180-186

  Berk, Marc L ^a   Schur, Claudia L ^b  

^a Proj HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

^b NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031612161     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.17.1.180     Document Type: Article

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