Continuity of care with general practitioners in New Zealand: Results from SoFIE-Primary Care

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1329, 2011, Pages 16-25

  Jatrana, Santosh ^a   Crampton, Peter ^a   Richardson, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 79951477354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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