How do rural GPs' workloads and work activities differ with community size compared with metropolitan practice?

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-233

  McGrail, Matthew R ^a   Humphreys, John S ^b   Joyce, Catherine M ^b   Scott, Anthony ^c   Kalb, Guyonne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SELF REPORT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84864987469     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY11063     Document Type: Article

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