Taking the PACIC back to basics: The structure of the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-312

  Spicer, John ^a   Budge, Claire ^a   Carryer, Jenny ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

chronic care model; factorial validity; PACIC; reflective and formative measures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84858141700     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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