Following the funding trail: Financing, nurses and teamwork in Australian general practice

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pearce, Christopher ^a,b   Phillips, Christine ^b   Hall, Sally ^b   Sibbald, Bonnie ^d   Porritt, Julie ^c   Yates, Rachael ^c   Dwan, Kathryn ^b   Kljakovic, Marjan ^b  

^a Melbourne East General Practice Network   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c Australian General Practice Network   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERVIEW; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79951583566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-38     Document Type: Article

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