Factors associated to experienced continuity of care between primary and outpatient secondary care in the Catalan public healthcare system

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-213

  Aller, Marta Beatriz ^a,b   Vargas, Ingrid ^a   Waibel, Sina ^a   Coderch Lassaletta, Jordi ^c   Sánchez Pérez, Inma ^c   Llopart, Josep Ramon ^a   Colomés, Lluís ^d   Ferran, Manel ^e   Garcia Subirats, Irene ^a   Vázquez Navarrete, María Luisa ^a  

^a Servicio de Estudios y Prospectivas en Políticas de Salud   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Serveis de Salut Integrats Baix Empordà ^*  (Spain)

^d Grupo de Investigación en Políticas de Salud y Servicios Sanitarios   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Healthcare levels; Healthcare surveys; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SECONDARY CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877046324     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2012.06.011     Document Type: Article

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