Extending patient care office hours: What factors are important to consider?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 196-201

  McConaghy, John R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Focus groups; Office visits; Physicians' practice patterns

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OFFICE VISITS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033360072     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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