Why don't patients with diagnosed diabetes attend a free 'Get Checked' annual review?

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-225

  Porter, Tesa ^a   le Lièvre, Clem ^a   Lawrenson, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barriers; Diabetes mellitus; Family practice; Maori

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORK;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION; WORK;

EID: 77956990831     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc09222     Document Type: Review

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