Establishing the Victorian primary care practice based research network

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 857-862

  Soós, Melinda ^a   Temple Smith, Meredith ^a   Gunn, Jane ^a   Johnston Ata'Ata, Kate ^a   Pirotta, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice; Research support as a topic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VICTORIA;

EID: 78650213898     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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