Impact of telephone triage on medical service use: Implications for rural and remote areas

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Hogenbirk, John C ^a   Pong, Raymond W ^a   Lemieux, Sandra K ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health service use; Northern Ontario; Rural health; Teletriage; Urban health

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; PATIENT TREATMENT; RURAL AREAS; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE;

HEALTH SERVICE USE; RURAL HEALTH; TELETRIAGE; URBAN HEALTH;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELECONSULTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRIAGE;

EID: 20444389704     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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