Is there a doctor in the house? . . . Or the senate? Physicians in US Congress, 1960-2004

JAMA

Volumn 292, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2125-2129

  Kraus, Chadd K ^a   Suarez, Thomas A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; SEX RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.); ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; MANAGEMENT; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; LEGISLATION; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7244231124     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.17.2125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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