Evaluation of community matron services in a large metropolitan city in England

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Leighton, Yvonne ^a,b   Clegg, Angie ^a   Bee, Alan ^a  

^a East Leeds Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b AIREDALE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community matron; Long term conditions; Service evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 42649130705     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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