Randomised controlled trial of welfare rights advice accessed via primary health care: Pilot study [ISRCTN61522618]

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mackintosh, Joan ^a   White, Martin ^a   Howel, Denise ^a   Chadwick, Tom ^a   Moffatt, Suzanne ^a   Deverill, Mark ^a   Sandell, Adam ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELFARE; CONSULTATION; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSULTANTS; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746428499     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-162     Document Type: Article

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