Background Healthcare systems around the world have been responding to the demand for
better integrated models of service delivery. However, there is a need for further clarity …

Patient-centered care (PCC) has been studied for several decades. Yet a clear definition of
PCC is lacking, as is an understanding of how specific PCC processes relate to patient …

Effectively engaging patients in their care is essential to improve health outcomes, improve
satisfaction with the care experience, reduce costs, and even benefit the clinician …

Importance Better continuity of care is expected to improve patient outcomes and reduce
health care costs, but patterns of use, costs, and clinical complications associated with the …

Background The gender gap in physician pay is often attributed in part to women working
fewer hours than men, but evidence to date is limited by self-report and a lack of detail …

'Integrated care'is a term that reflects a concern to improve patient experience and achieve
greater efficiency and value from health delivery systems. The aim is to address …

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is four things: 1) the fundamental tenets of
primary care: first contact access, comprehensiveness, integration/coordination, and …

Background Within the health system, communication between the different levels of care is
essential for the patients' clinical pathways and medical treatment. This includes the referral …

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 …

Importance Physicians' views about health care costs are germane to pending policy
reforms. Objective To assess physicians' attitudes toward and perceived role in addressing …