Measuring comprehensiveness of primary care: Challenges and opportunities

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 568-575

  O’Malley, Ann S ^a   Rich, Eugene C ^a  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Comprehensive; Comprehensiveness; Health services research; Patient outcomes; Primary health care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938291904     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3300-z     Document Type: Article

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