The Duration of Ambulatory Visits to Physicians

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-271

  Blumenthal, David ^a,b,e   Causino, Nancyanne ^a,b   Chang, YuChiao ^a,b   Culpepper, Larry ^a   Marder, William ^c   Saglam, Demet ^a   Stafford, Randall ^a,b   Starfield, Barbara ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hlth Plcy R and D Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Office visits; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033111722     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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