Primary care patients' views on why they present to emergency departments: Inappropriate attendances or inappropriate policy?

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-95

  Siminski, Peter ^a   Cragg, Sue ^a   Middleton, Rebekkah ^a   Masso, Malcolm ^a   Lago, Luise ^a   Green, Janette ^a   Eagar, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Inappropriate attendances; Patient perceptions; Primary care; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 25144493293     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY05026     Document Type: Review

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