Effect of the incorporation of a general practitioner on emergency department effectiveness;Efectividad de la incorporación de un médico especialista en medicina familiar y comunitaria en un servicio de urgencias hospitalario

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 132-137

  Jiménez, Sònia ^a   De La Red, Gloria ^a   Miró, Òscar ^a   Bragulat, Ernest ^a   Coll Vinent, Blanca ^a   Senar, Esther ^a   Asenjo, Miguel Ángel ^a   Salmerón, Juan Manuel ^a   Sánchez, Miquel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Efficiency; Family physician; Fast track area; Hospital emergency department; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; OBSERVATION; RESIDENT;

EID: 23044437770     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13076941     Document Type: Article

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