Do walk-in centres for commuters work? A mixed methods evaluation

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 569, 2009, Pages 934-939

  O'Cathain, Alicia ^a   Coster, Joanne ^a   Salisbury, Chris ^b   Pearson, Tim ^a   Maheswaran, Ravi ^a   Nicholl, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Evaluation studies; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERVIEW; MANAGER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RAILWAY; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 72049114421     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X473150     Document Type: Article

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