The place of home visiting in family practice: A multicentre comparison between rural and urban physicians

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 445, 1999, Pages 621-625

  Nakar, Sasson ^a   Vinker, Shlomo ^a,b   Weingarten, Michael A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Home visit; Practice organization; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STETHOSCOPE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032767407     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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