Accessibility, acceptability, and effectiveness in primary care of routine telephone review of asthma: Pragmatic, randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7387, 2003, Pages 477-479

  Pinnock, Hilary ^a,g   Bawden, Robert ^b   Proctor, Stephen ^c   Wolfe, Stephanie ^d   Scullion, Jane ^e   Price, David ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Botesdale Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Clarendon Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Thorpewood Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^e GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Whitstable Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SATISFACTION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0037374041     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7387.477     Document Type: Article

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