Predictors of variation in office visit interval assignment

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 399-405

  DeSalvo, Karen B ^a,b,e   Block, Jason P ^a   Muntner, Paul ^a,b   Merrill, William ^c,d  

^a Department of Family Medicine   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointments; Gender; Office visits; Physician practice patterns; Revisit interval; Schedules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LINEAR MODELS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141891148     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzg067     Document Type: Article

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