The medical home in Canada: Patient perceptions of quality and safety

Healthcare Management Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-51

  Scobie, Andrea ^a   MacKinnon, Neil J ^a   Higgins, Sean ^a   Etchegary, Holly ^b   Church, Rhonda ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c South Shore Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY;

EID: 70349771067     PISSN: 08404704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60292-X     Document Type: Article

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