Costs and cost effectiveness of health checks conducted by nurses in primary care: The Oxcheck study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7041, 1996, Pages 1265-1268

  Langham, Susan ^a   Thorogood, Margaret ^a   Normand, Charles ^a   Muir, John ^b   Jones, Lesley ^b   Fowler, Godfrey ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029919199     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7041.1265     Document Type: Article

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