Access to health information and support: A public highway or a private road?

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1371-1375

  Eng, Thomas R ^a   Maxfield, Andrew ^b   Patrick, Kevin ^d   Deering, Mary Jo ^a   Ratzan, Scott C ^c,e   Gustafson, David H ^f  

^a Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032556154     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.15.1371     Document Type: Review

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