Group versus single handed primary care: A performance evaluation of the care delivered to chronic patients by Italian GPs

Health Policy

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 188-198

  Visca, Modesta ^a   Donatini, Andrea ^b   Gini, Rosa ^c   Federico, Bruno ^d   Damiani, Gianfranco ^e   Francesconi, Paolo ^c   Grilli, Leonardo ^f   Rampichini, Carla ^f   Lapini, Gabriele ^f   Zocchetti, Carlo ^g   Di Stanislao, Francesco ^h   Brambilla, Antonio ^b   Moirano, Fulvio ^a   Bellentani, Donata ^a  

^a National Agency for Regional Health Services   (Italy)

^b Servizio Presidi Ospedalieri Assessorato Politiche per la Salute Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^c Tuscany Regional Health Agency Agenzia Regionale di Sanità della Toscana   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^g Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Evaluation; GPs practice; Process indicators

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; GPS PRACTICE; PROCESS INDICATORS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84887607817     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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