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Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care.

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Yarnall, KSH; Østbye, T; Krause, KM; Pollak, KI; Gradison, M; Michener, JL
Published in: Prev Chronic Dis
April 2009

A major contributor to shortfalls in delivery of recommended health care services is lack of physician time. On the basis of recommendations from national clinical care guidelines for preventive services and chronic disease management, and including the time needed for acute concerns, sufficiently addressing the needs of a standard patient panel of 2,500 would require 21.7 hours per day. The problem of insufficient time indicates that primary care requires broad, fundamental changes. The creation of primary care teams that include members such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dietitians, health educators, and lay coaches is important to meeting patients' primary care needs.

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Prev Chronic Dis

EISSN

1545-1151

Publication Date

April 2009

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

A59

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Management
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Physicians, Family
  • Patient Care Team
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • 4206 Public health
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Yarnall, K. S. H., Østbye, T., Krause, K. M., Pollak, K. I., Gradison, M., & Michener, J. L. (2009). Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care. Prev Chronic Dis, 6(2), A59.
Yarnall, Kimberly S. H., Truls Østbye, Katrina M. Krause, Kathryn I. Pollak, Margaret Gradison, and J Lloyd Michener. “Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care.Prev Chronic Dis 6, no. 2 (April 2009): A59.
Yarnall KSH, Østbye T, Krause KM, Pollak KI, Gradison M, Michener JL. Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Apr;6(2):A59.
Yarnall, Kimberly S. H., et al. “Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care.Prev Chronic Dis, vol. 6, no. 2, Apr. 2009, p. A59.
Yarnall KSH, Østbye T, Krause KM, Pollak KI, Gradison M, Michener JL. Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Apr;6(2):A59.

Published In

Prev Chronic Dis

EISSN

1545-1151

Publication Date

April 2009

Volume

6

Issue

2

Start / End Page

A59

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Management
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Physicians, Family
  • Patient Care Team
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • 4206 Public health
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services