The quality of primary care in a country with universal health care coverage

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 724-730

  Collet, Tinh Hai ^a   Salamin, Sophie ^a   Zimmerli, Lukas ^b,c   Kerr, Eve A ^d   Clair, Carole ^a   Picard Kossovsky, Michel ^e   Vittinghoff, Eric ^f   Battegay, Edouard ^b,c   Gaspoz, Jean Michel ^e   Cornuz, Jacques ^a   Rodondi, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance coverage; Primary health care; Primary prevention; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RAND QUALITY ASSESSMENT TOOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 80051547125     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1674-0     Document Type: Article

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