Physician utilization by hispanic elderly persons: National perspective

Medical Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 362-374

  Burnette, Denise ^a   Mui, Ada C ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Health service utilization; Hispanic elderly; Physician utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033110018     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199904000-00006     Document Type: Article

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