Telephone consultations to manage requests for same-day appointments: A randomised controlled trial in two practices

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 477, 2002, Pages 306-310

  McKinstry, Brian ^a   Walker, Jeremy ^a   Campbell, Clare ^a   Heaney, David ^a   Wyke, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appointments; GP workload; Randomised controlled trial; Telephone consultation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUTUROLOGY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE; TIME MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; WORKLOAD;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036526283     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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