Limits to the safety net: Teaching hospital faculty report on their patients' access to care

Health Affairs

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 156-166

  Weissman, Joel S ^a,b   Moy, Ernest ^c   Campbell, Eric G ^a,b   Gokhale, Manjusha ^b   Yucel, Recai ^a,b   Causino, Nancyanne ^a,b   Blumenthal, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICINE; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542435087     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.22.6.156     Document Type: Article

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