The Medical Home-Improving Quality of Primary Care for Children

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 953-964

  Wegner, Steven E ^a,b   Antonelli, Richard C ^c   Turchi, Renee M ^d,e  

^a AccessCare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation; Improving quality of primary care for children and youth; Medical home; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST CONTROL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAID; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMPATHY; FAMILY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049094202     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.021     Document Type: Review

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