Typology of after-hours care instructions for patients: Telephone survey and multivariate analysis

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 450-456

  Bordman, Risa ^a,e   Bovett, Monica ^b   Drummond, Neil ^c   Crighton, Eric J ^d   Wheler, David ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^a   White, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Peel Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 34047237397     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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