Accessibility, clinical effectiveness, and practice costs of providing a telephone option for routine asthma reviews: Phase IV controlled implementation study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 542, 2007, Pages 714-722

  Pinnock, Hilary ^a   Adlem, Lorraine ^b   Gaskin, Suzanne ^b   Harris, Jan ^b   Snellgrove, Caroline ^b   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Whitstable Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Asthma; Clinical trials; Consultation; Intervention studies; Phase IV; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 34548777575     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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