The Medical Home, Access to Care, and Insurance: A Review of Evidence

Pediatrics

Volumn 113, Issue 5 II, 2004, Pages 1493-1498

  Starfield, Barbara ^a   Shi, Leiyu ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Insurance; Medical home; Primary care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; CHILD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342652994     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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