Primary care physicians' perceptions of the effect of insurance status on clinical decision making

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 399-402

  Meyers, David S ^a,d   Mishori, Ranit ^a   McCann, Jessica ^b   Delgado, Jose ^a   O'Malley, Ann S ^a   Fryer, Ed ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Health insurance; Practice based research network; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OFFICE VISITS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33749638444     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.574     Document Type: Article

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