"The Complexity of Family Medicine Care" by Marjorie A. Bowman

Selected Works of Marjorie Bowman

Article

The Complexity of Family Medicine Care

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Marjorie A. Bowman, Wright State University

Link

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Disciplines

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

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.

DOI

10.3122/jabfm.2011.01.100268

Citation Information

Marjorie A. Bowman. "The Complexity of Family Medicine Care" Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Vol. 24 Iss. 1 (2011) p. 4 - 5 ISSN: 1557-2625
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marjorie-bowman/132/