The association between continuity of care in the community and health outcomes: A population-based study

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dreiher, Jacob ^a,b   Comaneshter, Doron S ^a   Rosenbluth, Yael ^a   Battat, Erez ^a   Bitterman, Haim ^a,c   Cohen, Arnon D ^a,b  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Healthcare services utilization; Preventive medicine; Primary medicine; Quality measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF CARE INDEX; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MODIFIED MODIFIED CONTINUITY INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEQUENTIAL CONTINUITY INDEX; SMOKING; USUAL PROVIDER CONTINUITY;

EID: 84881305656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-4015-1-21     Document Type: Article

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