Providing timely access to care: What is the right patient panel size?

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Green, Linda V ^a   Savin, Sergei ^a   Murray, Mark ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b Mark Murray and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34147129851     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33025-0     Document Type: Article

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