After hours healthcare for older patients in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1234, 2006, Pages

  Eastwood, Anne ^a,b   Dowell, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NSW Refugee Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RACE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMBULANCES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33744463643     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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