Outreach visits to improve dementia care in general practice: A qualitative study

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 267-273

  Dalsgaard, Trine ^a   Kallerup, Hans ^a   Rosendal, Marianne ^b  

^a The Quality Improvement Committee for General Practice in Vejle County   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Dementia; Learning; Outreach visits; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34648820324     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm033     Document Type: Article

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