Socioeconomic disparities in medical provider visits among medicare managed care enrollees

Inquiry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-129

  Rogowski, Jeannette ^a   Freedman, Vicki A ^b   Wickstrom, Steve L ^c   Adams, John ^d   Escarce, José J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Environmental and Occupational Health   (United States)

^c Ingenix

^d RAND Health

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 44349163582     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_45.01.112     Document Type: Article

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