A Teaching Hospital Medical Clinic: Secondary Rather than Primary Care.

Fletcher, Suzanne; And Others

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Publication Date: 1979-May

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A Teaching Hospital Medical Clinic: Secondary Rather than Primary Care.

Fletcher, Suzanne; And Others

Journal of Medical Education, v54 n5 p384-91 May 1979

A review of 287 patient visits to a teaching hospital polyclinic shows that most patients had multiple problems that required the help of subspecialists. However, the patients' needs for accessibility, comprehensiveness, coordination, and continuity are as great as those of patients receiving primary care. Implications for academic internal medicine are discussed. (LBH)

Descriptors: Clinics, Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Medical Care Evaluation, Medical Education, Medical Services, Needs Assessment, Patients, Physician Patient Relationship, Physicians, Primary Health Care, Teaching Hospitals

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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