Predicting persistently high primary care use

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 324-330

  Naessens, James M ^a,e   Baird, Macaran A ^b   Van Houten, Holly K ^a   Vanness, David J ^c   Campbell, Claudia R ^d  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care diagnosis groups; Clinic visits; Forecasting; Primary health care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHILD; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 23844454914     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.352     Document Type: Article

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