Primary Health Care
A Review of the Literature Through 1972
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9100702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R J Gross (0000-0003-2196-0767, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 638-647 |
| Publication date | 1974-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197408000-00002 |
| PMID | 4604944 |
| OpenAlex | W2050718255 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
The descriptive literature on primary health care reveals an abundance of articles, without documentation, extolling or disparaging different forms of primary care. Experimental studies have measured the effects of making a clinic setting more comprehensive. Making a clinic more comprehensive decreases hospitalization after about one year. Differences in utilization of preventive vs. illness-related visits may explain the failure to decrease outpatient utilization with increasing comprehensiveness of care. Unconfirmed studies found decreased emergency room visits, fewer multiple hospitalizations, fewer broken appointments, and increased return to referring physician. End result studies are sparse and inconclusive. Present data is insufficient to show superior quality for any one kind of primary care. Age, sex, race, martial status, family size, education, socioeconomic status, symptomatology, tendency to use services, university clinic setting vs. solo private practice, and sick vs. general population samples are variables which affect utilization and have not been controlled for adequately in past studies. Future studies should have more adequate control groups and more objective variables
Affect (linguistics) · Documentation · Emergency department · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Population · Primary care · Socioeconomic status · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Psychology · Gerontology
Patient Referral to a University Clinic
Talking With Doctors in Urbanville
Influence of a Managing Physician on Multiple Hospital Admissions
Patterns of Medical Care
Family-centered Health Care???A Viable Reality
Factors Related to the Use of Health Services
Practice Orientations Among General Medical Practitioners in England and Wales
Clinical Performance in Australian General Practice
Family Medical Care
Socioeconomic Status and Use of Physician Services
Social-Psychological Correlates of Physician Use by Economically Disadvantaged Negro Urban Residents
Research Note on Choice and Change of Medical Service
Hospital and Community
Patients and Their Doctors
Medicine in Transition
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 1980 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |