Domains | Details | Description |
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(1) Perceived system-level factor | ||
Health care system | Being able to find a doctor who | For example, bulk billing is the Medicare rebate system in Australia, which allows GPs to provide their services at no 'out-of-pocket' cost to patients |
 | bulk bills |  |
(2) Perceived environmental/organisational-level factors | ||
Accessibility to health services | Accessibility to transport | Transport to GP clinic: public/own car to access to health services. |
 | Travel time to health services | Travel time to the regular source of medical care. |
 | The cost of seeing a general practitioner | Out-of-pocket cost from patients related to the consultation fee. |
Availability of health services | A number of doctors to choose from | Available doctors for patients to choose e.g. female doctors. |
 | Able to see preferred doctor | A doctor who patients would like to see. |
 | Amount of time to get an appointment | Elapsed time between initial request and the date of the appointment to see a GP. |
 | Waiting time | Waiting time in GP's office or clinic. |
 | Consultation time | How long GP consults with the patient. |
GP's attitudes towards patients | Inter-personal care scale | GP's perceived attitude towards patients. |
(3) Interpersonal-level | ||
Family sources | Regular source of care | Regularly visit GPs at one practice or one doctor. |
Social support | Social support | Support from family, friends and neighbours |
(4) Individual-level | ||
Attitudes and beliefs towards health care | Value of general practitioners | Patients' perceptions towards doctors. |
 | Value of health care | Patients' perceptions towards health care. |
 | Value of good health | Patients' attitudes towards doctor's advice about improving their health. |