Comparison of primary care physician payment models in the management of hypertension

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 719-727

  Tu, Karen ^a,b,c   Cauch Dudek, Karen ^b   Chen, Zhongliang ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CANADA; CAPITATION FEE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING;

ADULT; CANADA; CAPITATION FEE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 67651149616     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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