Does improved continuity of primary care affect clinician-patient communication in VA?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Katz, David A ^a,b,c   McCoy, Kim ^a   Sarrazin, Mary Vaughan ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

continuity of care; interpersonal communication; primary care; shared decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SYSTEMS HEALTH PLAN PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODIFIED MODIFIED CONTINUITY INDEX; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ALIGNED CARE TEAM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SHARED DECISION MAKING; SURVEY OF HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCES OF PATIENT; USUAL PROVIDER OF CONTINUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84904966352     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2633-8     Document Type: Article

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