The specialist-generalist income gap: Can we narrow it?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1539-1541

  Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a   Matin, Mina ^a   Yoshio Laing, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50049086370     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0740-8     Document Type: Editorial

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