Community characteristics as predictors of perceived HMO quality

Health and Place

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-160

  Ahern, Melissa M ^a   Hendryx, Michael S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; HMO; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; HEALTHCARE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032102227     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(98)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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