Out-of-hours service in rural areas. An observational study of accessibility, attitudes and quality standards among general practitioners in Iceland

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-79

  Olafsson, Gisli ^a,b   Sigurdsson, Johann Agust ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b Health Centre of Budardalur   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; On call; Out of hours; Primary health care; Quality; Rural

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; ICELAND; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0033941587     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028134300750018945     Document Type: Article

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