Development of out-of-hours primary care by General Practitioners (GPs) in The Netherlands: From small-call rotations to large-scale GP cooperatives

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 565-569

  Van Uden, Caro J T ^a,b   Giesen, Paul H J ^c   Metsemakers, Job F M ^a,b   Grol, Richard P T M ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOB SATISFACTION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33748682101     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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