Primary health care research - Essential but disadvantaged

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-120

  Yallop, Julie J ^a   McAvoy, Brian R ^b   Croucher, Joanne L ^a   Tonkin, Andrew ^a   Piterman, Leon ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b National Cancer Control Initiative   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLICATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SALARY;

EID: 33746759416     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00488.x     Document Type: Article

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