Preventive health examinations and preventive gynecological examinations in the United States

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1876-1883

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Ayanian, John Z ^b,c,d  

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

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34748872512     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.17.1876     Document Type: Article

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