What is the quality of preventive care provided in a student-run free clinic?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 414-424

  Butala, Neel M ^a   Murk, William ^b   Horwitz, Leora I ^a   Graber, Lauren K ^a   Bridger, Laurie ^a,c   Ellis, Peter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fair Haven Community Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral risk factor surveillance system (BRFSS); Preventive care; Student run clinic; Underserved; Uninsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860437303     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0034     Document Type: Article

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