Council tax valuation bands and contacts with a GP out-of-hours service

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 525, 2006, Pages 283-285

  Beale, Norman ^a   Taylor, Gordon ^b   Gwynne, Mark ^a   Peart, Carole ^a  

^a Northlands R and D General Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b Bath and Swindon RDSU   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Council tax valuation band; Health resources; Out of hours medical care; Primary care; Socioeconomic factors; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CAPITATION FEE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; PREDICTION; TAX; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 33645742129     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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