Insurance or a regular physician: Which is the most powerful predictor of health care?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 364-370

  Sox, Colin M ^a   Swartz, Katherine ^a   Burstin, Helen R ^b   Brennan, Troyen A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0031968704     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.3.364     Document Type: Article

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