The Role of Perceived Team Effectiveness in Improving Chronic Illness Care
Medical CarePublished 19 October 2004
Stephen M. Shortell, Jill A. Marsteller, Michael Lin, Marjorie L. Pearson, Shin-Yi Wu, Peter Mendel
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Perceived team effectiveness was consistently associated with both a greater number and depth of changes made to improve chronic illness care and the importance of developing effective teams for improving the quality of care for patients with chronic illness.
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The data suggest the importance of developing effective teams for improving the quality of care for patients with chronic illness.
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