Leaving gatekeeping behind - Effects of opening access to specialists for adults in a health maintenance organization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 1312-1317

  Ferris, Timothy G ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Blumenthal, David ^a   Pearson, Steven D ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; GATEKEEPING; GROUP PRACTICE, PREPAID; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSACHUSETTS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035522316     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa010097     Document Type: Article

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