Most patients attending a 'walk in' clinic at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital could safely be managed at primary care level

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-41

  Power, M ^a   Els, R ^a   Zwarenstein, M ^b   Lewin, S ^b   Vundule, C ^b   Mostert, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031040674     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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