Defining GP practice areas based on true service utilisation

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1248-1254

  Sofianopoulou, Eleni ^a   Rushton, Stephen ^b   Rubin, Greg ^a   Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GP commissioning; GP practice areas; Health information systems; Service utilisation areas

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT AREA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84883743099     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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