U.S. physicians' views on financing options to expand health insurance coverage: A national survey

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 526-531

  McCormick, Danny ^a   Woolhandler, Steffie ^a   Bose Kolanu, Anjali ^b   Germann, Antonio ^c   Bor, David H ^a   Himmelstein, David U ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Health care reform; Physician behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649970633     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0916-x     Document Type: Article

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