Organizational characteristics and preventive service delivery in private practices: A peek inside the "black box" of private practices caring for children

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1704-1711

  Randolph, Greg ^a,b   Fried, Bruce ^a   Loeding, Leslie ^a,c   Margolis, Peter ^a,b   Lannon, Carole ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational management; Preventive services; Private practices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN SCREENING; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SAMPLING STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 27744545549     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1131     Document Type: Article

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