Patient-Centered Care and Emergency Department Utilization: A Path Analysis of the Mediating Effects of Care Coordination and Delays in Care

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 560-580

  Alexander, Jeffrey A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

care coordination; delays in care; emergency department utilization; path analysis; patient centered care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE;

EID: 84873415812     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558712453618     Document Type: Article

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