The role of the health care system in primordial prevention

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6 I, 1999, Pages

  DeBusk, Robert F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community prevention; Economics; Health care changes

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033450919     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0461     Document Type: Article

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