Primary care in the United States: Profiling performance in primary care in the United States

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7392, 2003, Pages 744-747

  Goldfield, Norbert ^a   Gnani, Shamini ^b   Majeed, Azeem ^b  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037420487     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7392.744     Document Type: Article

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