The "medical neighborhood" integrating primary and specialty care for ambulatory patients

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 454-457

  Greenberg, Jeffrey O ^a   Barnett, Michael L ^a   Spinks, Melissa A ^a   Dudley, Jessica C ^a   Frolkis, Joseph P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; AMBULATORY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL NEIGHBORHOOD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SPECIALTY MEDICAL CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84897714492     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14093     Document Type: Review

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