The primary care physician and health care reform

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1535-1536

  Brook, Robert H ^a   Young, Roy T ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGINA PECTORIS; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 77951186840     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.472     Document Type: Note

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