Addressing basic resource needs to improve primary care quality: A community collaboration programme

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 164-172

  Berkowitz, Seth A ^a   Hulberg, A Catherine ^a   Hong, Clemens ^a   Stowell, Brian J ^a   Tirozzi, Karen J ^a   Traore, Carine Y ^a   Atlas, Steven J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84959128542     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004521     Document Type: Article

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