Better than nothing? Restrictions and realities of enhanced primary care for allied health practitioners

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 326-334

  Foster, Michele M ^a   Cornwell, Petrea L ^a   Fleming, Jennifer M ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey K ^b   Tweedy, Sean M ^a   Hart, Alison L ^a   Haines, Terry P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 71549141301     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY08065     Document Type: Article

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