Exploring the impact of patient views on 'appropriate' use of services and help seeking: A mixed method study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 564, 2009, Pages 496-502

  Adamson, Joy ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^b   Chaturvedi, Nish ^c   Donovan, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mixed method; Patient acceptance of health care; Time wasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 67650815277     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X453530     Document Type: Article

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