Universal health care and reform of the health care system: Views of medical students in the United States

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 721-727

  Huebner, Jeffrey ^a   Agrawal, Jaya R ^b   Sehgal, Ashwini R ^c   Jung, Paul ^d   Hedgecock, Joan ^e   Simon, Steven R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e American Medical Student Association   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746758812     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200608000-00008     Document Type: Article

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