The quality of outpatient care delivered to adults in the United States, 2002 to 2013

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1778-1790

  Levine, David M ^a,b   Linder, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Landon, Bruce E ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; OPIATE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AMBULATORY CARE; COUNSELING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARLY CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG UTILIZATION; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85011305620     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6217     Document Type: Article

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