General practice out-of-hours service, variations in use and equality in access to a doctor: A cross-sectional study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 469, 2001, Pages 625-629

  O'Reilly, D ^a   Stevenson, M ^a   McCay, C ^a   Jamison, J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care quality, access, and evaluation; Out of hours care; Out of hours co operarives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TIME; TRAVEL; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT CARE; NORTHERN IRELAND; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034903139     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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