The relationship between social deprivation and the quality of primary care: A national survey using indicators from the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 539, 2007, Pages 441-448

  Ashworth, Mark ^a   Seed, Paul ^a   Armstrong, David ^a   Durbaba, Stevo ^a   Jones, Roger ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; Quality indicators; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LITHIUM SALT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPIROMETRY; STROKE; THYROID FUNCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34250212167     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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