The United States spends greatly more per person on health care than any other country but
the evidence shows that care is often poor and inappropriate. Despite expenditures of 1.7 …

Objective: We sought to ascertain whether the percentage of visits in which physicians
provided obesity-related counseling services increased between 1995 and 2004. Method …

How should hamsters run? Some observations about sufficient patient time in primary care |
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Importance Time is a valuable resource in primary care, and physicians and patients
consistently raise concerns about inadequate time during visits. However, there is little …

Background Assessing turnaround times can help to analyse workflows in hospital
information systems. This paper presents a systematic review of literature concerning …

Background Physician time is a valuable yet finite resource. Whether such time is
apportioned equitably among population subgroups, and how the provision of that time has …

PURPOSE Care coordination is increasingly recognized as a necessary element of high-
quality, patient-centered care. This study investigated (1) the association between care …

Este trabalho procura analisar um ponto central dos sistemas de atenção à saúde que é o
acesso aos serviços, com foco na atenção primária à saúde. Um acesso mais qualificado …

Background Efficient, accurate instruments for measuring depression are increasingly
important in clinical practice. We developed a computerized adaptive version of the Beck …

Quality Chasm outlined six key aims for national health care quality improvement. One
central aim was that care be patient-centered, meaning that the care provided to patients be …