Differences between family physicians' and general internists' medical charges

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 78-82

  Bertakis, Klea D ^a   Helms, L Jay ^b   Azari, Rahman ^b   Callahan, Edward J ^a   Robbins, John A ^b   Miller, Jill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Primary care; Utilization of health care services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032612280     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199901000-00011     Document Type: Article

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