On a European collaboration to identify organizational models, potential shortcomings and improvement options in out-of-hours primary health care

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-237

  Leutgeb, Ruediger ^a   Walker, Nicola ^b   Remmen, Roy ^c   Klemenc Ketis, Zalika ^d,e   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a   Laux, Gunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

European research network for out of hours primary health care (EurOOHnet); Out of hours care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MODEL; NURSE; ORGANIZATIONAL MODEL; OUT OF HOUR CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN AREA; COOPERATION; EUROPE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84907314435     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: 17511402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2014.887069     Document Type: Article

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