Primary care management of diabetes in a low/middle income country: A multi-method, qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Alberti, Hugh ^a   Boudriga, Nessiba ^b   Nabli, Mounira ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Direction des Soins de Sante de Base   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTIVATION; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUNISIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TUNISIA;

EID: 38049047521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-8-63     Document Type: Article

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