Self-referrals to the A&E department during out-of-hours: Patients' motives and characteristics

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 256-265

  Moll van Charante, Eric Peter ^a   ter Riet, Gerben ^b   Bindels, Patrick ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; After hours; Health seeking behaviour; Primary health care; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 37849020193     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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