Geographic maldistribution of primary care for children

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-27

  Shipman, Scott A ^a,b   Lan, Jia ^a   Chang, Chiang Hua ^a   Goodman, David C ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Health policy; Physician workforce; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650772554     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0150     Document Type: Article

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