The United Kingdom Expert Patients Programme: Results and implications from a national evaluation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Rogers, Anne ^a   Kennedy, Anne ^a   Bower, Peter ^a   Gardner, Caroline ^a   Gately, Claire ^a   Lee, Victoria ^a   Reeves, David ^a   Richardson, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXPERT PATIENTS PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 57149104393     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02205.x     Document Type: Article

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