Impact of same-day appointments on patients satisfactions with general practice appointment systems

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 554, 2008, Pages 641-643

  Sampson, Fiona ^a   Pickin, Mark ^a   O'Cathain, Alicia ^a   Goodall, Stephen ^b   Salisbury, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appointments and schedules; Family practice; Health services accessibility; Patient satisfaction; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51549092500     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X330780     Document Type: Article

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