Patients' willingness to attend the NHS cardiovascular health checks in primary care: A qualitative interview study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jenkinson, Caroline E ^a   Asprey, Anthea ^a   Clark, Christopher E ^a   Richards, Suzanne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cardiovascular health check; Motivators; Patient qualitative interviews; Primary care; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84924977032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0244-7     Document Type: Article

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