Environmental scans: How useful are they for primary care research?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1022-1023

  Graham, Paul ^a   Evitts, Trina ^a   Thomas MacLean, Roanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SHORT SURVEY;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 48249122354     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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