One in fifteen family physicians principally provide emergency or urgent care

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-448

  Petterson, Stephen ^b   Peterson, Lars ^a   Phillips, Robert L ^a   Moore, Miranda ^b   Finnegan, Sean ^b   Coffman, Megan ^b   Bazemore, Andrew ^b  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF FAMILY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Emergency medicine; Health policy; Primary health care; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84905657891     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.04.130307     Document Type: Article

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