General practitioners with a special interest in respiratory medicine: National survey of UK primary care organisations

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pinnock, Hilary ^a   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^b   Price, David ^c   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Reynolds Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULMONOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY CARE; ROLE PLAYING; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION; WALES;

EID: 23044446371     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-40     Document Type: Article

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