Needs assessment, general practice and mental illness: A review

Primary Care Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-47

  Tait, C L ^a   Jones, R H ^a  

^a UMDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative approach; Corporate approach; Epidemiological approach; General practice; Needs assessment; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0029892978     PISSN: 13552570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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