Can Health Care Teams Improve Primary Care Practice?

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1246-1251

  Grumbach, Kevin ^a   Bodenheimer, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD;

FAMILY PRACTICE; GEORGIA; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MAINE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542377613     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.10.1246     Document Type: Review

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