Factors affecting the shift towards a 'primary care-led' NHS: A qualitative study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 484, 2002, Pages 895-900

  Craig, Neil ^a   McGregor, Sandra ^a   Drummond, Neil ^a   Fischbacher, Moira ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local health care cooperatives; National Health Service; Primary care; Primary care groups

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTHORITY; BOARD OF TRUSTEES; COOPERATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTERVIEW; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ASTHMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENGLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036844039     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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