Undergoing transformation to the patient centered medical home in safety net health centers: Perspectives from the front lines

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 356-362

  Quinn, Michael T ^a   Gunter, Kathryn E ^a   Nocon, Robert S ^a   Lewis, Sarah E ^b   Vable, Anusha M ^c   Tang, Hui ^d   Park, Seo Young ^e   Casalino, Lawrence P ^f   Huang, Elbert S ^a   Birnberg, Jonathan ^g   Burnet, Deborah L ^a   Summerfelt, W Thomas ^h   Chin, Marshall H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Nielsen Corporation   (United States)

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

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Engaged Health Solutions ^*  (United States)

^h Advocate Healthcare Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Federally qualified health centers; Patient centered medical home; Qualitative research; Safety net health centers

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAFETY NET HEALTH CENTER; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884376669     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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