Measuring the range of services clinicians are responsible for in ambulatory practice

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 404-408

  Semel, Marcus E ^a   Bader, Angela M ^a   Marston, Amy ^b   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Marshall, Richard E ^b   Gawande, Atul A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulatory care; delivery; health care; organization; systems; utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMBULATORY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858130565     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01598.x     Document Type: Article

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