A cohort study of influences, health outcomes and costs of patients' health-seeking behaviour for minor ailments from primary and emergency care settings

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Watson, M C ^a   Ferguson, J ^b   Barton, G R ^c   Maskrey, V ^c   Blyth, A ^c   Paudyal, V ^a   Bond, M C ^a   Holland, R ^c   Porteous, T ^a   Sach, T H ^c   Wright, D ^d   Fielding, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHARMACY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL AREA; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923666984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006261     Document Type: Article

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