Improving care and outcomes of uninsured persons with chronic disease... now

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 206-208

  Chin, Marshall H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ETHNICITY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; MINORITY GROUP; NEOPLASM; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAFF TRAINING; SUPPORT GROUP; VULNERABLE POPULATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49049110734     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00012     Document Type: Editorial

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