Estimating the burden of minor ailment consultations in general practices and emergency departments through retrospective review of routine data in North East Scotland

Family Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-172

  Fielding, Shona ^a   Porteous, Terry ^b   Ferguson, James ^c   Maskrey, Vivienne ^d   Blyth, Annie ^d   Paudyal, Vibhu ^b   Barton, Garry ^d   Holland, Richard ^d   Bond, Christine M ^b   Watson, Margaret C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy services; Consensus; Emergency departments; General practice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOR AILMENT CONSULTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; CLINICAL AUDIT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARMACIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926682900     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmv003     Document Type: Article

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