General practitioner attitudes to the care of people with epilepsy: An examination of clustering within practices and prediction of patient-rated quality of care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Thapar, Ajay K ^a,b   Roland, Martin O ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Taff Riverside Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; EPILEPSY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 17844397711     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-9     Document Type: Article

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