Did the London Initiative Zone investment programme affect general practice structure and performance in East London? A time series analysis of cervical screening coverage and asthma prescribing

Public Health

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 361-367

  Naish, J ^a   Eldridge, S ^b   Moser, K ^a   Sturdy, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma prescribing; Cervical screening; Investment; Practice structure; Routine data

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 0036855395     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900870     Document Type: Article

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