Primary care physician visit continuity: A comparison of patient-reported and administratively derived measures

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1499-1502

  Rodriguez, Hector P ^a   Marshall, Richard E ^b   Rogers, William H ^c   Safran, Dana Gelb ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Patient reported outcomes; Physician patient communication; Quality measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 50049083229     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0692-z     Document Type: Article

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