Out of hours service in Denmark: Evaluation five years after reform

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7143, 1998, Pages 1502-1505

  Christensen, Morten Bondo ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DENMARK; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TELEPHONE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032537381     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7143.1502     Document Type: Article

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