Extended office hours and health care expenditures: A national study

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 388-395

  Jerant, Anthony ^a   Bertakis, Klea D ^a   Fenton, Joshua J ^a   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

After hours care; Comprehensive health care; Health care costs; Health status; Mortality; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OFFICE VISITS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866160619     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1382     Document Type: Article

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