US military primary care: Problems, solutions, and implications for civilian medicine

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1949-1955

  Mundell, Benjamin F ^a   Friedberg, Mark W ^b   Eibner, Christine ^b   Mundell, William C ^c  

^a USAF   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PENSIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

MILITARY MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF CARE; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY CARE; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888116267     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0586     Document Type: Article

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