Quality of Outpatient Care With Internal Medicine Residents vs Attending Physicians in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Clinics

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 May 1;179(5):711-713. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8624.

Abstract

This assessment of common primary care measures from 10 Veterans Affairs clinics from 2014 compares outcomes in patients of resident physicians with patients of attending physicians.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Ambulatory Care / standards*
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Comorbidity
  • Diabetes Mellitus / metabolism
  • Diabetes Mellitus / therapy
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / therapy
  • Internal Medicine / education
  • Internal Medicine / standards*
  • Internship and Residency*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Primary Health Care / standards*
  • Quality Indicators, Health Care*
  • Quality of Health Care
  • United States
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Substances

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors