Walk-in clinics in Québec, Canada: Patients and doctors do not agree on appropriateness of visits

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-101

  Broekhuis, Sylvia M ^a,b   Van Dijk, Wouter D ^a   Giesen, Paul ^a   Pavilanis, Alan ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agreement; Appointments and schedules; Appropriateness; Family; Motives; Patients; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WALK IN CLINIC VISIT; YOUNG ADULT; AGREEMENT; AMBULATORY CARE; APPROPRIATENESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MOTIVES; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIANS.; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGREEMENT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; APPROPRIATENESS; FAMILY; MOTIVES; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS.;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893362524     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmt069     Document Type: Article

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