Primary care epidemiology: Its scope and purpose

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Hannaford, Philip C ^a   Smith, Blair H ^a   Elliott, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGNOSIS; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; PRIMARY CARE EPIDEMIOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37849186931     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi102     Document Type: Editorial

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