Access to care for the uninsured: Is access to a physician enough?

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 910-912

  Mainous III, Arch G ^a,b   Hueston, William J ^a   Love, Margaret M ^c   Griffith III, Charles H ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAID; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032979847     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.6.910     Document Type: Article

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