Available tools to comprehensively assess continuity of care from the patients' perspective

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578-579

  Aller, M B ^a   Vargas, I ^a   Vazquez M L ^a  

^a Health Policy Research Unit   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTINUITY OF CARE ACROSS CARE LEVELS QUESTIONNAIRE; DATA BASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; STANDARD;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84861124703     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.009     Document Type: Letter

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