GP cooperative and emergency department: An exploration of patient flows

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-249

  Huibers, Linda ^a   Thijssen, Wendy ^a   Koetsenruijter, Jan ^a   Giesen, Paul ^a   Grol, Richard ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

efficiency; emergency medical services; primary health care; triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER COOPERATIVE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; X RAY;

ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874976379     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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