Primary care for low-income populations: Comparing health care delivery systems

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 743-757

  Grossman, Ellie ^a,d   Legedza, Anna T R ^b,c   Wee, Christina C ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^d BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinics; Health services; Hospitals; Physician offices; Primary care; Quality of care; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849089056     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0050     Document Type: Article

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