A qualitative study in rural and urban areas on whether - and how - to consult during routine and out of hours

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Campbell, Neil C ^a   Iversen, Lisa ^a   Farmer, Jane ^b   Guest, Clare ^b   MacDonald, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c High Vennel Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN AREA; DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33746545602     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-26     Document Type: Article

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