Measuring provider continuity in ambulatory care: An assessment of alternative approaches

Medical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1979, Pages 551-565

  Steinwachs, Donald M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0018757046     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197906000-00001     Document Type: Article

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