New Zealand general practitioners' characteristics and workload: The National Primary Medical Care Survey

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1215, 2005, Pages

  Raymont, Antony ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^b   Pearson, Janet ^b   Davis, Peter ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 27244445885     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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