title: Is primary care essential?
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Starfield
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008511:Medicine; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States