Measuring medicaid physician participation rates and implications for policy

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 211-224

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a   Kronick, Richard ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Medicaid; Physician participation; Primary care

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAID; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84963807238     PISSN: 03616878     EISSN: 15271927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/03616878-3476117     Document Type: Article

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