Evidence and rhetoric about access to UK primary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Cowling, Thomas E ^a   Harris, Matthew J ^a,b   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POLITICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84926355373     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1513     Document Type: Note

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