Soup kitchen consumer perspectives on the quality and frequency of health service interactions

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-500

  Trevena, Lyndal J ^a,b   Simpson, J M ^a   Nutbeam, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Exodus Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Health services accessibility; Homeless persons; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0346958123     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzg065     Document Type: Article

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