Understanding the health system use of ambulatory care patients

Katz, Alan, 1956- (Added Author). Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: "This report describes the provision of ambulatory care services over a three-year period between the fiscal years 2007/08 and 2009/10 for Manitoba residents aged 19 and older and focuses on those who had previously been diagnosed with at least one of six chronic conditions: hypertension (188,602 patients), total respiratory morbidity (157,742), mood and anxiety disorders (76,402), diabetes mellitus (65,260), ischemic heart disease (37,123), and congestive heart failure (8,258)"--P. xi.

Record details

ISBN: 9781896489704 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 electronic text (xiv, 104 p.) : ill., digital file.
Publisher: Winnipeg, Man. : Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Cover title. "March 2013". Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-83).
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive Summary: Patterns of Care; Results of Cluster Analysis; Quality of Care; Conclusions -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Methods: Data Sources and Data Period; Inclusion Criteria; Exclusion Criteria; Measuring and Presenting the Quality of Care Indicators; Statistical Testing; Cohorts; Physician Assignment Algorithm; Ambulatory Care Visit Patterns; Clusters; Quality of Care Indicators; Statistical Analysis; Data Limitations -- 3: Cohorts: Any Chronic Condition Cohort; No Chronic Condition Cohort; Hypertension Cohort; Total Respiratory Morbidity Cohort; Mood Disorders Cohort; Diabetes Mellitus Cohort; Ischemic Heart Disease Cohort; Congestive Heart Failure Cohort -- 4: Clusters: Clusters for Patients in the Chronic Condition Cohort; Clusters for Patients in the No Chronic Condition Cohort -- 5: Quality of Care: Hypertension; Total Respiratory Morbidity; Depression; Diabetes Mellitus -- 6: Discussion: Patterns of Care; Prevalence of Chronic Conditions; Quality of Care; Limitations -- Conclusions -- Reference List -- Appendix 1: Definitions and Codes -- Appendix 2: Crude Rates of Quality of Care Indicators.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.