Clinicians' caseload management behaviours as explanatory factors in patients' length of time on caseloads: A predictive multilevel study in paediatric community occupational therapy

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kolehmainen, Niina ^a,b   MacLennan, Graeme ^a   Francis, Jillian J ^a,b   Duncan, Edward As ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77955818332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-249     Document Type: Article

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