Out-of-hours attendance and outcomes for asthmatic patients at two primary care services

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 1025, 1996, Pages 254-257

  Kljakovic, Marjan ^a   Dalziel, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030581068     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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