Quality of care measures in multimorbidity

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 132-136

  Pillay, Megan ^a   Dennis, Sarah ^b,c   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease therapy; General practice; Patient centred care; Quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897651210     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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