Insurance coverage, medical conditions, and visits to alternative medicine providers: Results of a national survey

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-287

  Wolsko, Peter M ^a   Eisenberg, David M ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Ettner, Susan L ^b   Phillips, Russell S ^a  

^a Division of General Medicine and Primary Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0037059994     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.3.281     Document Type: Article

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