The complexity of family medicine care

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Abstract

In this issue, Katerndahl et al1 quantify the complexity of family physician care compared with cardiology and psychiatry. When accounting for the length of the encounter, the complexity in family medicine is one-third higher than cardiology and 5 times higher than psychiatry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4-5
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Volume24
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2011

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Family Practice

Keywords

  • family medicine

Disciplines

  • Community Health
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Family Medicine
  • Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Mental and Social Health
  • Public Health

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