Follow-up care by patient's own general practitioner after contact with out-of-hours care. A descriptive study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Van Uden, Caro J T ^a,b   Zwietering, Paul J ^b   Hobma, Sjoerd O ^b   Ament, Andre J H A ^b   Wesseling, Geertjan ^a   Van Schayck, Onno C P ^b   Crebolder, Harry F J M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23044463803     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-23     Document Type: Article

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