Primary care - Will it survive?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 861-864

  Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; INCOME; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CAREER CHOICE; COST SAVINGS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748188921     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp068155     Document Type: Review

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