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Index A
Academic health centers, 188 , 206 , 207
interdisciplinary team training, 11
mission of, in primary care, 9 , 24 , 144 , 257
role in primary care delivery, 111-112 , 143-144 , 173
Accessibility of services, 44 , 47 , 65-66 , 240 , 329
in primary care definition, 2 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 45-46
and workforce supply, 9 , 20 , 168 , 169
Accountability
in clinician-patient partnership, 57-58
for efficient use of resources, 33 , 49
for ethical behavior, 33 , 49
for patient satisfaction, 33 , 48-49
of patients, 49-50
in primary care definition, 2 , 31 , 33 , 46-50
for quality of care, 33 , 46-48 , 242-243
research, 242-243
Accreditation organizations, 141 , 193
and primary care curriculum, 10 , 186 , 194
Acute care, 40-41
Advanced care planning, 85
Advocacy skills, 192
African Americans, 157 , 195
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), 218 , 220 , 221 , 223-224
All-payer system
for graduate medical education, 11 , 202 , 259
for primary care training, 6 , 10 , 201-202 , 258-259
for research funding, 233
Alternative medicine, 126
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), 190 , 199
American Academy of Pediatrics, 199
American Board of Family Practice (ABFP), 208
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), 123 , 190
American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM), 122 , 183
Asian Americans, 157 , 195
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 182 , 184
Availability of services, 8 , 112-113 , 253
