General practice out-of-hours co-operatives - Population contact rates

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Bury, G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRELAND; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD; COOPERATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; IRELAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33646193969     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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