Study of choice between accident and emergency departments and general practice centres for out of hours primary care problems

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-21

  Rajpar, Sajjad F ^a   Smith, Michelle A ^a   Cooke, Matthew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Out of hours care; Patient choice; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 0034098255     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.17.1.18     Document Type: Article

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