Exposure to primary medical care in New Zealand: Number and duration of general practitioner visits

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1256, 2007, Pages

  Crampton, Peter ^a   Jatrana, Santosh ^a   Lay Yee, Roy ^b   Davis, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447645664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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