Disentangling the Linkage of Primary Care Features to Patient Outcomes: A Review of Current Literature, Data Sources, and Measurement Needs

Ann S. O'Malley, Eugene C. Rich, Alyssa Maccarone, Catherine M. DesRoches and Robert J. Reid

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Abstract: Primary care plays a central role in the provision of health care, and is an organizing feature for health care delivery systems in most Western industrialized democracies.

Keywords: primary health care; continuity of care; coordination; comprehensiveness; access; accessibility; patient outcomes; quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 2015-08-30
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