Utilization of the out of hours service in Poland: An observational study from Krakow

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Margas, Grzegorz ^a   Windak, Adam ^a   Tomasik, Tomasz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OUT OF HOURS SERVICE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POLAND; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; WORK SCHEDULE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEASON; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACT SERVICES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEASONS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649090097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-212     Document Type: Article

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