The End of the 15–20 Minute Primary Care Visit

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1584-1586

  Linzer, Mark ^a,b   Bitton, Asaf ^c   Tu, Shin Ping ^d   Plews Ogan, Margaret ^e   Horowitz, Karen R ^f,g   Schwartz, Mark D ^h  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Health policy; Primary care; Quality of care; Time pressure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AMBULATORY CARE; BURNOUT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945474824     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3341-3     Document Type: Article

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