Stakeholder perspectives on new ways of delivering unscheduled health care: The role of ownership and organizational identity

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Haddow, Gill ^a   O'Donnell, Catherine A ^b   Heaney, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Organizational identity; Primary care; Qualitative research; Unscheduled care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSE'S ROLE; OWNERSHIP; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATE MEDICINE; TRIAGE;

EID: 33947391669     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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