The association between continuity of care and outcomes: A systematic and critical review

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 947-956

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b   Oake, Natalie ^a   Jennings, Alison ^a   Forster, Alan J ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Institute for Clinical Evaluative Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

continuity of care; outcomes research; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955607435     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01235.x     Document Type: Review

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