Changes in barriers to primary care and emergency department utilization

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1397-1399

  Cheung, Paul T ^a   Wiler, Jennifer L ^a   Ginde, Adit A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 80051627704     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.350     Document Type: Article

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