Patient-physician connectedness and quality of primary care

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 325-335

  Atlas, Steven J ^a   Grant, Richard W ^a   Ferris, Timothy G ^a   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Barry, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449145618     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-5-200903030-00008     Document Type: Article

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