Response: Effectiveness in primary care is paramount, but need not come at the expense of efficiency

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-100

  Chen, Peggy Guey Chi ^a   Mehrotra, Ateev ^a   Auerbach, David I ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

nurse workforce; physician workforce; primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84893001436     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000048     Document Type: Article

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