The Medical Outcomes Study: An Application of Methods for Monitoring the Results of Medical Care

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 7, 1989, Pages 925-930

  Tarlov, Alvin R ^a   Ware, John E ^b,c   Greenfield, Sheldon ^b,c   Nelson, Eugene C ^d   Perrin, Edward ^e   Zubkoff, Michael ^f  

^a HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION MODEL; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024390384     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430070073033     Document Type: Article

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