'The onus is on me': Primary care patient views of Medicare-funded team care in chronic disease management in Australia

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 879-891

  Foster, Michele M ^a   Mitchell, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health services; Australia; Chronic disease management; Patient experience; Primary care; Team care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84942294308     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12061     Document Type: Article

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