What determines frequent attendance at out-of-hours primary care services?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 563-568

  Buja, Alessandra ^a   Toffanin, Roberto ^a   Rigon, Stefano ^a   Lion, Camilla ^b   Sandonà, Paolo ^b   Carraro, Daniela ^a   Damiani, Gianfranco ^c   Baldo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ULSS 4   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939600753     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku235     Document Type: Article

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