After hours healthcare for older patients in New Zealand - Barriers to accessing care

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1239, 2006, Pages

  Eastwood, Anne ^a   Jaye, Chrystal ^b  

^a Department of General Practice ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; FEES AND CHARGES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 33747322089     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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