Part II. Primary care for the medically underserved: Challenges and opportunities

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 320-346

  Reilly, B M ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PATIENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031903320     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-5029(98)90011-6     Document Type: Article

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