The relationship between general practice characteristics and quality of care: A national survey of quality indicators used in the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework, 2004-5

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Ashworth, Mark ^a   Armstrong, David ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; INCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; CENSUSES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POVERTY AREAS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33751170239     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-7-68     Document Type: Article

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