Outpatient Follow-up in Today's Health Care Environment

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-292

  Handel, Daniel A ^a   McConnell, K John ^a   Allen, Heidi ^b   Lowe, Robert A ^a   Madsen, Troy E ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Health Policy and Research   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SOCIAL WORKER;

AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847242620     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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