Trends in primary care presentations at emergency departments in New South Wales (1999-2006)

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Siminski, Peter ^a,b   Bezzina, Andrew ^b,c   Lago, Luise ^b   Eagar, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency service; Inappropriate attendances; Primary care; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149335360     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/py08034     Document Type: Article

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