Basic emergency;Urgência básica

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-273

  Oliveira, Agripino ^a  

^a Hospital Distrital de Espinho   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Emergency unit; Espinho; Open consultation at the health centre

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; ALGORITHM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PORTUGAL;

EID: 33847691909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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