Does higher continuity of family physician care reduce hospitalizations in elderly people with diabetes?

Population Health Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Knight, John C ^a,b   Dowden, Jeffrey J ^a   Worrall, Graham J ^c   Gadag, Veerabhadra G ^b   Murphy, Madonna M ^a,b  

^a Research and Evaluation Department   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 69249105644     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2008.0020     Document Type: Article

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