Patients' perceptions of primary health care in an inner-city practice

Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 355-360

  Hannay, David R ^a   Sunners, Carolyn M ^a   Platts, Maria T ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community health services; Patient participation; Patient satisfaction; Primary health care; Social work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEARING AID; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PODIATRY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL WORK; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0030718574     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.5.355     Document Type: Article

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