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European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-232

  Huibers, Linda ^a,b   Philips, Hilde ^c   Giesen, Paul ^a   Remmen, Roy ^c   Christensen, Morten Bondo ^b   Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Emergency and out of hours care; Health services; Primary care; Quality of health care; Research network

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN RESEARCH NETWORK FOR OUT OF HOURS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; AMBULANCE; COOPERATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AMBULANCES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84907311988     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2013.846320     Document Type: Article

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