Addition of a general practitioner to the accident and emergency department: A cost-effective innovation in emergency care

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-196

  Bosmans, Judith E ^a   Boeke, A Joan ^b   Van Randwijck Jacobze, Marguerite E ^b   Grol, Sietske M ^b   Kramer, Mark H ^b   Van Der Horst, Henriëtte E ^b   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857359318     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.101949     Document Type: Article

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