Access to the NHS by telephone and Internet during an influenza pandemic: An observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Rutter, Paul ^a   Mytton, Oliver ^b   Ellis, Benjamin ^c   Donaldson, Liam ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT; ALGORITHM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PANDEMIC; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATE MEDICINE; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896849527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004174     Document Type: Article

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