Primary care units in A and E departments in North Thames in the 1990s: Initial experience and future implications

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 439, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Freeman, George K ^a,c   Meakin, Richard P ^b   Lawrenson, Ross A ^a   Leydon, Geraldine M ^a   Craig, Gill ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Cost effectiveness; General practitioner; Nurse practitioner; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032930018     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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