Economic influences on GP's decisions to provide out-of-hours care

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 558, 2009, Pages 12-17

  Geue, Claudia ^a   Skåtun, Diane ^a   Sutton, Matt ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health care reform; Out of hours medical care; Primary care; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; WORKING TIME;

EID: 58149520597     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X394806     Document Type: Article

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