Do difficulties in accessing in-hours primary care predict higher use of out-of-hours GP services? Evidence from an English National Patient Survey

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 373-378

  Zhou, Yin ^a   Abel, Gary ^a   Warren, Fiona ^b   Roland, Martin ^a   Campbell, John ^b   Lyratzopoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WORKING TIME; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929132024     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-203451     Document Type: Article

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