Management of out-of-hours calls by a general practice cooperative: A geographical analysis of telephone access and consultation

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 677-682

  Turnbull, Joanne ^a   Pope, Catherine ^a   Martin, David ^b   Lattimer, Valerie ^c  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultation; Family medicine; Health service management; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; TELECONSULTATION;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81855173462     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr029     Document Type: Article

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