Metrics for assessing improvements in primary health care

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 423-442

  Stange, Kurt C ^a,b   Etz, Rebecca S ^c   Gullett, Heidi ^a   Sweeney, Sarah A ^a,d   Miller, William L ^e   Jaén, Carlos Roberto ^f   Crabtree, Benjamin F ^g   Nutting, Paul A ^h   Glasgow, Russell E ^h  

^a Department of Family Medicine and Community Health ^*  (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^g RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Family; Measurement; Metrics; Population health; Primary care; Primary health care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; SENSE OF COHERENCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY CARE; ENVIRONMENT; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; ENVIRONMENT; GOALS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897094839     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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