The quality of primary care in a country with universal health care coverage

Collet, Tinh-Hai; Salamin, Sophie; Zimmerli, Lukas; Kerr, Eve A; Clair, Carole; Picard Kossovsky, Pierre Michel; Vittinghoff, Eric; Battegay, Edouard; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Cornuz, Jacques; Rodondi, Nicolas

doi:10.1007/s11606-011-1674-0

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English

The quality of primary care in a country with universal health care coverage

ContributorsCollet, Tinh-Hai

; Salamin, Sophie; Zimmerli, Lukas; Kerr, Eve A; Clair, Carole; Picard Kossovsky, Pierre Michel; Vittinghoff, Eric; Battegay, Edouard; Gaspoz, Jean-Michel; Cornuz, Jacques; Rodondi, Nicolas

Published inJournal of general internal medicine, vol. 26, no. 7, p. 724-730

Publication date2011

Abstract

Standard indicators of quality of care have been developed in the United States. Limited information exists about quality of care in countries with universal health care coverage.

Keywords

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cardiovascular Diseases/prevention & control
Cohort Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Health Services Accessibility/standards
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Preventive Medicine
Primary Prevention/standards
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Quality of Health Care/standards
Retrospective Studies
Statistics as Topic
Switzerland
Universal Coverage/standards

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

Research groups

Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz (23)

Citation (ISO format)

COLLET, Tinh-Hai et al. The quality of primary care in a country with universal health care coverage. In: Journal of general internal medicine, 2011, vol. 26, n° 7, p. 724–730. doi: 10.1007/s11606-011-1674-0

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:23992
DOI : 10.1007/s11606-011-1674-0
PMID : 21424868

Journal ISSN0884-8734

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The quality of primary care in a country with universal health care coverage

Standard indicators of quality of care have been developed in the United States. Limited information exists about quality of care in countries with universal health care coverage.

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