Access to primary care for medicare beneficiaries

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 763-768

  Chou, William C ^a,b   Cooney Jr , Leo M ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Allore, Heather G ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Medicare; Payment design; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE ASSIGNMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247551401     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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