Does team-based primary health care improve patients' perception of outcomes? Evidence from the 2007-08 Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-83

  Jesmin, Shammima ^a   Thind, Amardeep ^a   Sarma, Sisira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Primary care; Self reported outcome; Team

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPHYLAXIS; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANADA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858294140     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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