Patients either contacting a general practice cooperative or accident and emergency department out of hours: A comparison;Medische zorg buiten kantooruren: De huisartsenpost of de spoedeisende eerste hulp?

Huisarts en Wetenschap

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 202-206

  Giesen, Paul ^a   Franssen, Erik ^a   Mokkink, Henk ^a   Van Den Bosch, Wil ^a   Van Vugt, Arie ^a   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFECTION; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 34248150432     PISSN: 00187070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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