The changing paradigm of sexually transmitted disease control in the era of managed health care

JAMA

Volumn 279, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 680-684

  Gunn, Robert A ^a,c,f   Rolfs, Robert T ^b,d   Greenspan, Joel R ^a   Seidman, Robert L ^e   Wasserheit, Judith N ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^d UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f M S P511B   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032481643     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.9.680     Document Type: Article

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