It takes two: Using coleaders to champion improvements in small primary care practices

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 632-639

  Gallagher, Kaia ^a   Nutting, Paul A ^a,b   Nease Jr , Donald E ^c   Graham, Deborah G ^d   Bonham, Aaron J ^e   Dickinson, W Perry ^b   Main, Deborah S ^b,d  

^a Center for Research Strategies LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health services; Practice improvement; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; DEPRESSION; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SKILL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77956933653     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.090198     Document Type: Article

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