Call-duration and triage decisions in out of hours cooperatives with and without the use of an expert system

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ong, Rob S G ^a   Post, Johan ^b   Van Rooij, Harry ^c   De Haan, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c University Medical Center Groningen ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERT SYSTEM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STUDENT T TEST; TELECONSULTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TELEPHONE; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GROUP PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NETHERLANDS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 40549103815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-9-11     Document Type: Article

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