Provider characteristics: Impact on bone density utilization at a health maintenance organization

Menopause

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 391-394

  Solomon, Caren G ^a   Connelly, Maureen T ^b   Collins, Kristen ^a   Okamura, Kyoko ^a   Seely, Ellen W ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Menopause; Osteoporosis; Provider characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033676748     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200011000-00004     Document Type: Article

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