Review article: Effectiveness of patient care teams and the role of clinical expertise and coordination: A literature review

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Bosch, Marije ^a   Faber, Marjan J ^a   Cruijsberg, Juliette ^a   Voerman, Gerlienke E ^a   Leatherman, Sheila ^b   Grol, Richard P T M ^a   Hulscher, Marlies ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Patient care team; Performance; Quality of care; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART FAILURE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EXPERT; MENTAL DISEASE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

EID: 70449396545     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558709343295     Document Type: Review

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