Trends and quality of care in outpatient visits to generalist and specialist physicians delivering primary care in the United States, 1997-2010

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 947-955

  Edwards, Samuel T ^a,b   Mafi, John N ^b,c   Landon, Bruce E ^b,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health manpower; patient centered care; primary care physicians; primary health care; specialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSTETRICIAN; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901652506     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2808-y     Document Type: Article

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