Factors associated with variation in urgency of primary out-of-hours contacts in the Netherlands: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Zwaanswijk, Marieke ^a   Nielen, Markus M J ^a   Hek, Karin ^a   Verheij, Robert A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; LACERATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945935072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008421     Document Type: Article

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