Practice features associated with patient-reported accessibility, continuity, and coordination of primary health care

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-123

  Haggerty, Jeannie L ^a   Pineault, Raynald ^b   Beaulieu, Marie Dominique ^b   Brunelle, Yvon ^c   Gauthier, Josée ^d   Goulet, François ^e   Rodrigue, Jean ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Programme québécois de cancérologie   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e Direction de l'Amélioration de l'Exercice   (Canada)

^f Fédération des Omnipraticiens du Québec ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility of health services; Continuity of patient care; Coordination of patient care; Organization administration; Physician's practice patterns; Practice based research; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBURBAN AREA; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41149118466     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.802     Document Type: Article

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