Is the United States ready to embrace concierge medicine?

Population Health Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 177-182

  French, Michael T ^a   Homer, Jenny F ^b   Klevay, Shay ^b   Goldman, Edward ^c   Ullmann, Steven G ^d   Kahn, Barbara E ^e  

^a Health Economics Research Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c MDVIP   (United States)

^d Programs in Health Sector Management and Policy and Special Assistant to the Provost   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCIERGE MEDICINE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CONTRACTS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956162624     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2009.0052     Document Type: Review

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