Medicaid HMO penetration and its mix: Did increased penetration affect physician participation in urban markets?

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1 P2, 2008, Pages 363-383

  Adams, E Kathleen ^b   Herring, Bradley ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HMOs; Medicaid; Physician participation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38149030056     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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