Access to Pediatric Rheumatology Care in the United States

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 759-765

  Mayer, Michelle L ^a   Mellins, Elizabeth D ^b   Sandborg, Christy I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Pediatric rheumatology; Physician workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0348111419     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.11462     Document Type: Article

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