Why patients attend emergency departments for conditions potentially appropriate for primary care: Reasons given by patients and clinicians differ

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-340

  Masso, Malcolm ^a   Bezzina, Andrew J ^a,b   Siminski, Peter ^a   Middleton, Rebekkah ^a,b   Eagar, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Emergency medical service; Primary health care; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547117616     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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