Continuity through change, a threat or a promise?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1167, 2002, Pages

  Kerse, Ngaire ^a,c   Mainous III, Arch ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037074033     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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