Slack resources and quality of primary care

Medical Care

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 203-209

  Mohr, David C ^a,b   Young, Gary J ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

patient; personnel staffing and scheduling; primary health care; satisfaction; vaccination; veterans health; workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKLOAD;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84857653520     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318241e3e6     Document Type: Article

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