What evidence is there to support skill mix changes between GPs, pharmacists and practice nurses in the care of elderly people living in the community?

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dennis, Sarah ^a   May, Jenny ^b   Perkins, David ^c   Zwar, Nicholas ^a   Sibbald, Bonnie ^d   Hasan, Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL MIX CHANGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK SUBSTITUTION;

EID: 77956276291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17438462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-6-23     Document Type: Article

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