Consumption in out-of-hours health care: Danes double Dutch?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-50

  Huibers, Linda ^a,b   Moth, Grete ^a   Andersen, Mikkel ^c,d   Van Grunsven, Pierre ^e   Giesen, Paul ^b   Christensen, Morten Bondo ^a   Olesen, Frede ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Central Denmark Region   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Emergency Medical Service Gelderland Zuid   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

After hours care; Denmark; Health services research; Primary care; The Netherlands; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908521361     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2014.898974     Document Type: Article

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