Measuring patient-perceived continuity of care for patients with long-term conditions in primary care

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hill, Kate M ^a   Twiddy, Maureen ^a   Hewison, Jenny ^a   House, Allan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Long term conditions; Primary health care; Trust

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 84923935988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-014-0191-8     Document Type: Article

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