Room for improvement: Patients' experiences of primary care in Quebec before major reforms

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1056-1057

  Haggerty, Jeannie L ^a   Pineault, Raynald ^b   Beaulieu, Marie Dominique ^b   Brunelle, Yvon ^c   Gauthier, Josée ^d   Goulet, François ^e   Rodrigue, Jean ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Health and Social Services   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e Direction de l'Amélioration de l'Exercice   (Canada)

^f Fed Medecins Omnipraticiens Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY CARE ASSESSMENT TOOL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34250727085     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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