Patient views of single number access to urgent care services

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 713-718

  Brown, Sally ^a   Henderson, Emily ^a   Howse, Jennifer ^a   Rubin, Greg ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Out of hours; Patient satisfaction; Primary care; Urgent care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84870005640     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms023     Document Type: Article

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