Improving delivery of primary care for vulnerable migrants: Delphi consensus to prioritize innovative practice strategies

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pottie, Kevin ^a,b,c   Batista, Ricardo ^d   Mayhew, Maureen ^e   Mota, Lorena ^e   Grant, Karen ^f  

^a Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

^b CT Lamont Centre for Research in Primary Care   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIGRATION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REFUGEE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; CANADA; CONSENSUS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFUGEES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84893093780     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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