Primary care access and its relationship with emergency department utilisation: An observational, cross-sectional, ecological study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 593, 2011, Pages

  Harris, Matthew J ^a   Patel, Brijesh ^b   Bowen, Simon ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Brent Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Health services; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 83355169826     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp11X613124     Document Type: Article

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