Building communication between professionals at children's specialty hospitals and the medical home

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 661-673

  Stille, Christopher J ^a,e   Frantz, Jennifer ^b   Vogel, Lawrence C ^c   Lighter, Donald ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d University of Massachusetts ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Medical home; Primary care; Specialty care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 67249095818     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809332590     Document Type: Article

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