Retail clinics, primary care physicians, and emergency departments: A comparison of patients' visits

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1272-1282

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b   Wang, Margaret C ^a   Lave, Judith R ^c   Adams, John L ^a   McGlynn, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SINUSITIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; COMMERCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54349120765     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.1272     Document Type: Article

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