Experienced continuity of care when patients see multiple clinicians: A qualitative metasummary

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-271

  Haggerty, Jeannie L ^a   Roberge, Danièle ^b   Freeman, George K ^c   Beaulieu, Christine ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Patient satisfaction; Patientcentered care; Primary health care; Process assessment (health care); Qualitative research; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ARTICLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84878139565     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1499     Document Type: Review

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