Personalised care, access, quality and team coordination are the main dimensions of family medicine output

Family Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Gené Badia, Joan ^a,b,c   Ascaso, Carlos ^c   Escaramis Babiano, Georgia ^c   Sampietro Colom, Laura ^d   Catalán Ramos, Arantxa ^a   Sans Corrales, Mireia ^a,c   Pujol Ribera, Enriqueta ^a  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b Consorci d'Atenció Primaria de Salut de l'Eixample ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN; TEAMWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 33947372039     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml056     Document Type: Article

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