Cost effectiveness of treating primary care patients in accident and emergency: A comparison between general practitioners, senior house officers, and registrars

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7042, 1996, Pages 1340-1344

  Dale, Jeremy ^a   Lang, Henrietta ^b   Roberts, Jennifer A ^b   Green, Judith ^a   Glucksman, Edward ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029996865     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7042.1340     Document Type: Article

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