Patient removals from general practitioner lists in Northern Ireland: 1987-1996

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 435, 1998, Pages 1669-1673

  O'Reilly, Dermot ^a,c   Steele, Keith ^b   Merriman, Barry ^a   Gilliland, Andrew ^c   Brown, Scott ^d  

^a Health and Social Care Research Unit

^b Department of General Practice ^*

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d Mountsandel Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GP lists; Removals; Struck off

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENTS; REFUSAL TO TREAT;

EID: 0031752317     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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