A new marker of primary care utilization - annual accumulated duration of time of visits

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Nathan, Talya A ^a   Cohen, Arnon D ^b   Vinker, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Leumit Health Care System   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family physician; Primary care visit consultation; Visit consultation duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG ABUSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VISITING NURSING SERVICE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85027179709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20454015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13584-017-0159-y     Document Type: Article

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