Discontinuity of care: Urgent care utilization within a health maintenance organization

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1531-1537

  Plauth, Anna E ^a   Pearson, Steven D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BOSTON; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0031732368     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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