Primary care physicians should be coordinators, not gatekeepers

JAMA

Volumn 281, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2045-2049

  Bodenheimer, Thomas ^b   Lo, Bernard ^b   Casalino, Lawrence ^a  

^a Stanford Coastside Medical Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032985538     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.281.21.2045     Document Type: Review

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