Where do family practice patients go in case of emergency?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 44, Issue DEC., 1998, Pages 2666-2672

  Grad, Roland ^a   Kaczorowski, Janusz ^b   Singer, Yoram ^b   Levitt, Cheryl ^b   Mandelcorn, Jeff ^b  

^a Herzl Family Practice Centre   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032249865     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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