A comparison of chronic illness care quality in US and UK family medicine practices prior to pay-for-performance initiatives

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 510-516

  Crosson, Jesse C ^a   Ohman Strickland, Pamela A ^a,b   Campbell, Stephen ^c   Phillips, Robert L ^d   Roland, Martin O ^c   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^c   Bazemore, Andrew ^d   Balasubramanian, Bijal ^a   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Health policy; Primary health care; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450202505     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp056     Document Type: Article

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