Physicians' perceptions of patients in a county sponsored health plan

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-59

  Wagenfeld Heintz, Ellen ^a   Ross, Victoria C ^b   Lee, Keon Hyung ^c  

^a General Education   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; And evaluation; Attitude of health personnel; Health care quality; Medically uninsured; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; PERCEPTION; PLANNING METHOD;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43149103400     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J523v23n01_03     Document Type: Article

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