Electronic medical records may be inadequate for improving population health status through general practice: Cervical smears as a case study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 317-320

  Laurence, Caroline O M ^a   Burgess, Teresa ^a   Beilby, Justin ^a   Symon, Brian ^b   Wilkinson, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Kensington Park Medical Practice   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; TELEPHONE; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

EID: 12344319110     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00436.x     Document Type: Article

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