A qualitative study exploring variations in GPs' out-of-hours referrals to hospital

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 542, 2007, Pages 706-713

  Calnan, Michael ^a   Payne, Sarah ^b   Kemple, Terry ^c   Rossdale, Michael ^d   Ingram, Jennifer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Horfield Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Hospital referral rates; Out of hours care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 34548754484     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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