Health needs assessment: Whose priorities? Listening to users and the public

BMJ

Volumn 316, Issue 7145, 1998, Pages 1668-

  Jordan, Joanne ^a   Dowswell, Therese ^a   Harrison, Stephen ^a   Lilford, Richard J ^b   Mort, Maggie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032580778     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7145.1668     Document Type: Article

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