Can primary care patients be identified within an emergency department workload?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1256, 2007, Pages

  Elley, C Raina ^a   Randall, Pieta Jo ^b   Bratt, David ^c   Freeman, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; RANDOM SAMPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORKLOAD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34447622663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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