Identifying the barriers to conducting outcomes research in integrative health care clinic settings - A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Verhoef, Marja J ^a   Mulkins, Andrea ^a   Kania, Ania ^a   Findlay Reece, Barbara ^b,c   Mior, Silvano ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SAMUELI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Omni Health ^*  (Canada)

^d CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 77449129424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-14     Document Type: Article

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