Contribution of primary care to health systems and health

B Starfield, L Shi, J Macinko - The milbank quarterly, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence of the health‐promoting influence of primary care has been accumulating ever
since researchers have been able to distinguish primary care from other aspects of the …

Primary care: a critical review of the evidence on quality and costs of health care

MW Friedberg, PS Hussey, EC Schneider - Health Affairs, 2010 - healthaffairs.org
Despite contentious debate over the new national health care reform law, there is an
emerging consensus that strengthening primary care will improve health outcomes and …

Is primary care essential?

B Starfield - The lancet, 1994 - elibrary.ru
Focuses on the significant features of primary care in medicine. Definition of primary care;
Roles and functions of primary care and their measurement; Proportion of practitioners …

The implications of regional variations in Medicare spending. Part 1: the content, quality, and accessibility of care

ES Fisher, DE Wennberg, TA Stukel… - Annals of internal …, 2003 - acpjournals.org
Background: The health implications of regional differences in Medicare spending are
unknown. Objective: To determine whether regions with higher Medicare spending provide …

The implications of regional variations in Medicare spending. Part 2: health outcomes and satisfaction with care

ES Fisher, DE Wennberg, TA Stukel… - Annals of internal …, 2003 - acpjournals.org
Background: The health implications of regional differences in Medicare spending are
unknown. Objective: To determine whether regions with higher Medicare spending achieve …

Development and validation of a prognostic index for 4-year mortality in older adults

SJ Lee, K Lindquist, MR Segal, KE Covinsky - Jama, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
ContextBoth comorbid conditions and functional measures predict mortality in older adults,
but few prognostic indexes combine both classes of predictors. Combining easily obtained …

The contribution of primary care to health and health systems in low-and middle-income countries: a critical review of major primary care initiatives

ME Kruk, D Porignon, PC Rockers… - Social science & …, 2010 - Elsevier
It has been 30 years since the Declaration of Alma Ata. During that time, primary care has
been the central strategy for expanding health services in many low-and middle-income …

[图书][B] Health Care Reform and American Politics: What Everyone Needs to KnowR

L Jacobs, T Skocpol - 2015 - books.google.com
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by President Obama in March 2010 is
a landmark in US social legislation, and the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the …

Critical pathways as a strategy for improving care: problems and potential

SD Pearson, D Goulart-Fisher, TH Lee - Annals of internal medicine, 1995 - acpjournals.org
In an era of increasing competition in medical care, critical pathway guidelines have
emerged as one of the most popular new initiatives intended to reduce costs while …

Learning clinical reasoning

JP Kassirer, JB Wong, RI Kopelman - 1991 - philpapers.org
After a 50-page outline of the principles of clinical reasoning, over 60 actual cases are
detailed that illustrate (and are keyed to) the principles, presenting case records, analysis …