Gender of physician as the usual source of care and patient health care utilization and mortality

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 138-148

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Health expenditures; Health personnel; Mortality; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; URBAN POPULATION; USUAL SOURCE OF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875857734     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.02.120198     Document Type: Article

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