A method for estimating relative complexity of ambulatory care

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-347

  Katerndahl, David A ^a   Wood, Robert ^a   Jaén, Carlos Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Nonlinear dynamics; Process assessment (health care); Systems theory

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SYSTEMS THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYSTEMS THEORY; TEXAS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77955137663     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1157     Document Type: Article

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