Safety-net providers after health care reform lessons from Massachusetts

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 1379-1384

  Ku, Leighton ^a   Jones, Emily ^a   Shin, Peter ^a   Byrne, Fraser Rothenberg ^a   Long, Sharon K ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051644809     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.317     Document Type: Article

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