Effectiveness of GPs in accident and emergency departments

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 579, 2010, Pages

  Boeke, A Joan P ^a   Van Randwijck Jacobze, Marguerite E ^a   De Lange Klerk, Elly M S ^a   Grol, Sietske M ^a   Kramer, Mark H H ^a   Van Der Horst, Henriette E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Emergency medical services; General practitioners; Quality of health care; Triage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOUT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL STAFF; MYALGIA; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650549163     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X532369     Document Type: Article

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