Interventions to increase or decrease the length of primary care physicians' consultation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Wilson, Andrew D ^a   Childs, Susan ^b   Gonçalves Bradley, Daniela C ^c   Irving, Greg J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84983568211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003540.pub3     Document Type: Review

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