Medical assistant-based care management for high-risk patients in small primary care practices: A cluster randomized clinical trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 323-330

  Freund, Tobias ^a   Peters Klimm, Frank ^a   Boyd, Cynthia M ^b   Mahler, Cornelia ^a   Gensichen, Jochen ^c   Erler, Antje ^d   Beyer, Martin ^d   Gondan, Matthias ^e   Rochon, Justine ^f   Gerlach, Ferdinand M ^d   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 12; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84959296646     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-2403     Document Type: Article

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