Is this "my" patient? Development and validation of a predictive model to link patients to primary care providers

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 973-978

  Atlas, Steven J ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Lasko, Thomas A ^b   Chueh, Henry C ^a   Grant, Richard W ^a   Barry, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Patient roster; Primary health care; Provider denominator; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODEL; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746543034     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02743147     Document Type: Article

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