Adult Ambulatory Care Visits to Nurses and Physicians: Methodological Limitations of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-228

  Rosenfeld, Peri ^a   Kim, Hongsoo ^b   Kovner, Christine ^b   Londono, Grace ^c   Mezey, Mathy ^d  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; ambulatory care; MEPS; older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29144518995     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154405278472     Document Type: Article

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