Repeat attenders at National Health Service walk-in centres - a descriptive study using routine data

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 506-510

  Maheswaran, R ^a   Pearson, T ^a   Jiwa, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distance; Repeat attenders; Socio economic deprivation; Walk in centres

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGE; GENDER; HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 68349120287     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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