Multidisciplinary team care arrangements in the management of patients with chronic disease in Australian general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 236-239

  Harris, Mark F ^a   Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Taggart, Jane R ^a   Christl, Bettina ^a   Proudfoot, Judith G ^b   Crookes, Patrick A ^c   Beilby, Justin J ^d   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM CARE ARRANGEMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS CARE; PATIENT CARE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAMWORK;

EID: 79952468563     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb02952.x     Document Type: Article

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