Development and initial validation of a measure of coordination of health care

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-318

  McGuiness, Clare ^a   Sibthorpe, Beverly ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coordinated care; Health services research; Patient evaluation of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0042023618     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzg043     Document Type: Article

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