Contacts related to mental illness and substance abuse in primary health care: A cross-sectional study comparing patient's use of daytime versus out-of-hours primary care in Norway

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Johansen, Ingrid H ^a   Morken, Tone ^a   Hunskaar, Steinar ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

After hours care; Emergency medical services; Family practice; Physician's practice patterns; Primary health care; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORWAY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77955506819     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2010.493310     Document Type: Article

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