Innovating to improve primary care in less developed countries: Towards a global model

BMJ Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 196-203

  Fairall, Lara ^a   Bateman, Eric ^a   Cornick, Ruth ^a   Faris, Gill ^a   Timmerman, Venessa ^a   Folb, Naomi ^a   Bachmann, Max ^b   Zwarenstein, Merrick ^c   Smith, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Icddrb   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84999491372     PISSN: 20558074     EISSN: 2055642X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjinnov-2015-000045     Document Type: Review

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