Impact of the urgent care telephone service NHS 111 pilot sites: A controlled before and after study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Turner, J ^a   O'Cathain, A ^a   Knowles, E ^a   Nicholl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; TELECONSULTATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84888082704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003451     Document Type: Article

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