Simplifying care: When is the treatment burden too much for patients living in poverty?

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 484-487

  Nwadiuko, Joseph ^b   Sander, Laura D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY;

EID: 85055450217     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-006968     Document Type: Article

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