The importance of striving for greater efficiency

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-4

  Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b   Vodstrcil, Lenka A ^a   Read, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TEST; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONDON; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 79251633704     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10059     Document Type: Review

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