A randomized, controlled trial of implementing the patient-centered medical home model in solo and small practices

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 770-777

  Fifield, Judith ^a,c   Forrest, Deborah Dauser ^a,c   Martin Peele, Melanie ^a,c   Burleson, Joseph A ^a   Goyzueta, Jeanette ^a,c   Fujimoto, Marco ^a,c   Gillespie, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b EmblemHealth   (United States)

^c Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center   (United States)

Author keywords

care management; health care delivery; patient centered care; primary care; randomized trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTORS; NEW YORK CITY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878581417     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-012-2197-z     Document Type: Article

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