The relevance of continuity of care: A solution for the chaos in the emergency services

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-210

  Stein, A T ^a,b   Harzheim, E ^b   Costa, M ^b   Busnello, E ^c   Rodrigues, L C ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b Conceição Community Health Service ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Emergency; Epidemiology; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 0036210608     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.2.207     Document Type: Article

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