Health insurance and access to care for symptomatic conditions

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1269-1274

  Baker, David W ^a   Shapiro, Martin F ^c   Schur, Claudia L ^b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Project HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

^c MetroHealth Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034621647     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.9.1269     Document Type: Article

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