Accessible and continuous primary care may help reduce rates of emergency department use. An international survey in 34 countries

Family Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-50

  Van den Berg, Michael J ^a,b   Van Loenen, Tessa ^a,c   Westert, Gert P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency department; Continuity of patient care; Emergency medical services; General practice; Health services accessibility; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TRAVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961777866     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmv082     Document Type: Article

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