Physician quality and health care for the poor and uninsured

Inquiry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-80

  Gardner, Lara ^a   Vishwasrao, Sharmila ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85047683569     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.01.62     Document Type: Article

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