The importance of continuity of care in the likelihood of future hospitalization: Is site of care equivalent to a primary clinician?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1539-1541

  Mainous III, Arch G ^a,b,c   Gill, James M ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Christiana Care Health Services   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031683517     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.10.1539     Document Type: Article

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