The impact of standalone call centres and GP cooperatives on access to after hours GP care: A before and after study adjusted for secular trend

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-460

  Dunt, David ^a   Day, Susan E ^a   Kelaher, Margaret ^a   Montalto, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; After hours care; Evaluation; GP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION CENTERS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TELEPHONE;

EID: 37549042967     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml020     Document Type: Article

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