3. Organizing Care for Patients with Chronic Illness

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-543

  Wagner, Edward H ^a   Austin, Brian T ^a   Von Korff, Michael ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029680562     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3350391     Document Type: Article

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