Capturing users' experience of UK out-of-hours primary medical care: Piloting and psychometric properties of the out-of-hours patient questionnaire

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 462-468

  Campbell, J L ^a   Dickens, A ^a   Richards, S H ^a   Pound, P ^a   Greco, M ^b   Bower, P ^c  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c National Primary Care Research and Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37749049924     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.020172     Document Type: Article

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