Contacting your GP when the surgery is closed: Issues of location and access

Health and Place

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-32

  Pooley, Colin G ^a   Briggs, Joanna ^a   Gatrell, Tony ^a   Mansfield, Tim ^b   Cummings, Derek ^b   Deft, Judith ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

General practice; GP co operatives; Out of hours; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037373592     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8292(02)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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