An answer to chronicity in the Basque Country: Primary care-based population health management

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-173

  Nuño Solinís, Roberto ^a   Orueta, Juan F ^b   Mateos, Maider ^a  

^a O Berri Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation   (Spain)

^b Osakidetza   (Spain)

Author keywords

comorbidity; integrated care; long term care; primary care; risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN;

EID: 84862211640     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0b013e31823e83b8     Document Type: Article

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