What causes treatment failure - The patient, primary care, secondary care or inadequate interaction in the health services?

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Farup, Per G ^a,b   Blix, Ivar ^c   Førre, Sigurd ^d   Johnsen, Gjermund ^e   Lange, Ove ^c   Johannessen, Rune ^b   Petersen, Hermod ^f  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Møre and Romsdal Health Trust   (Norway)

^d Saupstad Health Centre   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 79956199017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-111     Document Type: Article

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