Primary care physicians and specialists as personal physicians: Health care expenditures and mortality experience

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-109

  Franks, Peter ^a,b,c   Fiscella, Kevin ^a,b  

^a Univ Rochester Sch Med and Dent ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Family Medicine Center Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Mortality; Primary care physicians; Specialists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031826071     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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