The relationship between primary care, income inequality, and mortality in US States, 1980-1995

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 412-422

  Shi, Leiyu ^a   Macinko, James ^a   Starfield, Barbara ^a   Wulu, John ^b   Regan, Jerri ^b   Politzer, Robert ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342563218     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.5.412     Document Type: Article

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