The effects of shifts in the balance of care on general practice workload

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-17

  Scott, Anthony ^a   Wordsworth, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice workload; Primary care led NHS; Shifts in the balance of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033063662     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.1.12     Document Type: Article

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