Do rural consumers expect a prescription from their GP visit? Investigation of patients' expectations for a prescription and doctors' prescribing decisions in rural Australia

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-50

  Cutts, Christopher ^a   Tett, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Patients; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER; EXPECTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 17144422527     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2004.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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