What Is the Causal Pathway by Which Physicians Per 1,000

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is the causal pathway by which physicians per 1,000 persons may affect health care quality?:

• A) Access to medical care can take longer if the physicians per 1,000 is too low
• B) The panel size may be too long
• C) Large panel sizes may, according to Dahrouge et al., lead to decreases in quality
• D) All of the above
• E) None of the above

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