Improving attendance for cardiovascular risk assessment in Australian general practice: An RCT of a monetary incentive for patients

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stocks, Nigel ^a   Allan, James ^b   Frank, Oliver ^a   Williams, Sue ^a   Ryan, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Hills Medical Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84861935761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-54     Document Type: Article

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