Quality of after-hours primary care in the Netherlands: Adherence to national guidelines

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 223-227

  Willekens, Maartje ^a   Giesen, Paul ^a   Plat, Erik ^a   Mokkink, Henk ^a   Burgers, Jako ^a   Grol, Richard ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABORTION; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANKLE DISLOCATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTRACEPTION; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOUT; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RHINOSINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79953777430     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs.2010.043091     Document Type: Article

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