Care continuity and care coordination: What counts?

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 749-750

  Chen, Lena M ^a,b,c   Ayanian, John Z ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARE COORDINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NOTE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE;

EID: 84899872098     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14331     Document Type: Note

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