Sentinel monitoring of activity of out-of-hours services in Norway in 2007: An observational study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hansen, Elisabeth Holm ^a   Zakariassen, Erik ^a,b   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a,c  

^a National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care   (Norway)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; NORWAY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SENTINEL EVENT; TELECONSULTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 68949110553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-123     Document Type: Article

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