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U.S. trails other countries in tools to provide patient care.(Strategic notes)(Brief article)
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Health Care Strategic Management
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December 1, 2006
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Primary care doctors in the United States are less likely than those in several other countries to offer patients access to care outside of regular office hours or to have systems that alert them to potentially harmful drug interactions, according to a survey conducted by the New York City-based healthcare research firm The Commonwealth Fund.
U.S. physicians are also less likely than those in other countries to receive financial incentives for improving quality of care, according to the survey, which targeted more than 6,000 doctors in the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the ...