Proportion of physicians in large group practices continued to grow in 2009-11

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1659-1666

  Welch, W Pete ^a   Cuellar, Alison Evans ^b   Stearns, Sally C ^c   Bindman, Andrew B ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF CARE; PHYSICIANS;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885337588     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1256     Document Type: Article

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