Quality of US primary care delivered by resident and staff physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1193-1197

  Zallman, Leah ^a   Ma, Jun ^b   Xiao, Lan ^b   Lasser, Karen E ^c  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary care.; Quality of care; Resident

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650169727     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1456-0     Document Type: Article

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