Health care reform and primary care - The growing importance of the community health center

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 362, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2047-2050

  Adashi, Eli Y ^a   Geiger, H Jack ^c   Fine, Michael D ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health AccessRI   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77953141539     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1003729     Document Type: Short Survey

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