A comparison of care at E-visits and physician office visits for sinusitis and urinary tract infection

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-74

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b   Paone, Suzanne ^c   Martich, G Daniel ^a,c   Albert, Steven M ^d   Shevchik, Grant J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL ORDER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUSITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84873628229     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.305     Document Type: Letter

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