Primary care visit duration and quality: Does good care take longer?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1866-1872

  Chen, Lena M ^a,c   Farwell, Wildon R ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449669069     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.341     Document Type: Article

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