Family medicine outpatient encounters are more complex than those of cardiology and psychiatry

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-15

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

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Family practice; Nonlinear dynamics; Quality of care; Specialization; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE DURATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE COMPLEXITY; PSYCHIATRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIOLOGY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICINE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYSTEMS THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651375825     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100057     Document Type: Article

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