Primary care's eroding earnings: Is Congress concerned?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 578-583

  Laing, Brian Yoshio ^a,e   Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a   Phillips Jr , Robert L ^b,c,d   Bazemore, Andrew ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; LAW; ORGANIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51849158326     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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