Patients with high-cost chronic conditions rely heavily on primary care physicians

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-12

  Sharma, Manisha A ^a   Cheng, Newton ^b   Moore, Miranda ^b   Coffman, Megan ^b   Bazemore, Andrew W ^b  

^a Evergreen Health   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Physician Patient Relations; Quality of Health Care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICD-9; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PEDIATRICS;

PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84892605690     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130128     Document Type: Article

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