Can after-hours family medicine clinics represent an alternative to emergency departments? Survey of ambulatory patients seeking after-hours care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Wong, Wai Ben ^a   Edgar, Greg ^b   Liddy, Clare ^c,d   Vaillancourt, Christian ^b,d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449084461     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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