Randomised controlled trial of effect of Baby Check on use of health services in first 6 months of life

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7200, 1999, Pages 1740-1744

  Thomson, Hilary ^a,c   Ross, Sue ^a   Wilson, Philip ^a,b   McConnachie, Alex ^a   Watson, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Statistician Craigallian Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033606544     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7200.1740     Document Type: Article

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