Patient benefits from participating in an integrated delivery system: Impact on coordination of care

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-294

  Kautz, Cori M ^a   Gittell, Jody Hoffer ^a   Weinberg, Dana Beth ^b   Lusenhop, R William ^a   Wright, John ^c,d  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Integrated delivery system; Network; Patient perceived care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SURGICAL WARD;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34547652490     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HMR.0000281629.30149.b1     Document Type: Article

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