Impact of a collaborative community case management program on a low-income uninsured population in Sedgwick County, KS

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 188-194

  Wetta Hall, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; POVERTY;

EID: 35748961694     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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