Patient-centered care: What is the best measuring stick?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1551-1553

  Lin, Grace A ^a   Dudley, R Adams ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 70349778138     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.299     Document Type: Editorial

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