The use and overlap of AED and general practice services by patients registered at two inner London general practices

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 434, 1998, Pages 1575-1579

  Hull, Sally ^a,b   Jones, Ian Rees ^a   Moser, Kath ^a   Fisher, Judith ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal London Trust ^*

Author keywords

Accident and emergency services; Attendance rates; General practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0031715936     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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