Primary care: Proposed solutions to the physician shortage without training more physicians

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1881-1886

  Bodenheimer, Thomas S ^a   Smith, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California HealthCare Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NURSING SHORTAGE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGISTERED NURSE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SELF CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

PRIMARY CARE;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888114787     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0234     Document Type: Article

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