Patient satisfaction with point-of-care testing in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 572, 2010, Pages 166-171

  Laurence, Caroline O ^a   Gialamas, Angela ^a   Bubner, Tanya ^a   Yelland, Lisa ^b   Willson, Kristyn ^b   Ryan, Phil ^b   Beilby, Justin ^b  

^a Grad Dip Hlth Serv Mg   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Patients; Point of care systems; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 77951525218     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X483508     Document Type: Article

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