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‘The Hand on the Doorknob’: Visit Agenda Setting by Complex Patients and Their Primary Care Physicians

Christine P. Kowalski, Deanna B. McQuillan, Neetu Chawla, Courtney Lyles, Andrea Altschuler, Connie S. Uratsu, Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Michele Heisler and Richard W. Grant
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2018, 31 (1) 29-37; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170167
Christine P. Kowalski
From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
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Deanna B. McQuillan
From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
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Neetu Chawla
From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
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Courtney Lyles
From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
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Andrea Altschuler
From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
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Connie S. Uratsu
From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
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Elizabeth A. Bayliss
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Michele Heisler
From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
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Richard W. Grant
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vol. 31 no. 1 29-37
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170167
PubMed 
29330237

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1557-2625
Online ISSN 
1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication April 19, 2017
  • Revision received August 30, 2017
  • Accepted for publication September 23, 2017
  • Published online January 12, 2018.

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© Copyright 2018 by the American Board of Family Medicine.

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  1. Christine P. Kowalski, MPH,
  2. Deanna B. McQuillan, MA,
  3. Neetu Chawla, PhD, MPH,
  4. Courtney Lyles, PhD,
  5. Andrea Altschuler, PhD,
  6. Connie S. Uratsu, RN, MS, PHN,
  7. Elizabeth A. Bayliss, MD,
  8. Michele Heisler, MD, MPA and
  9. Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH
  1. From the Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI (CPK, MH); Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO (DBM, EAB); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente–Northern California, Oakland, CA (NC, AA, CSU, RWG); Center for Vulnerable Populations, University of California–San Francisco, San Francisco (CL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (EAB); Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MH).
  1. Corresponding author: Richard W. Grant, MD, MPH, Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612 (E-mail: Richard.W.Grant{at}KP.org).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2018, 31 (1) 29-37; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170167

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Christine P. Kowalski, Deanna B. McQuillan, Neetu Chawla, Courtney Lyles, Andrea Altschuler, Connie S. Uratsu, Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Michele Heisler, Richard W. Grant
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2018, 31 (1) 29-37; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170167
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