Access to general practice and visits to accident and emergency departments in England: Cross-sectional analysis of a national patient survey

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 624, 2014, Pages

  Cowling, Thomas E ^a   Harris, Matthew J ^a   Watt, Hilary C ^a   Gibbons, Daniel C ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Emergency departments; General practice; Patient appointments; Primary health care; Urgent care

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84904862325     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp14X680533     Document Type: Article

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