New 45-49 year health checks: GP uptake of MBS item 717

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 765-768

  Chan, Albert ^a   Amorese, Cheryl ^a   Harris, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 54149110558     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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