Preschool children in out-of-hours primary care - A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study of factors related to the medical relevance of health problems

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Moth, Grete ^a   Huibers, Linda ^a   Ovesen, Astrid ^a   Christensen, Morten Bondo ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Denmark; General practice; Out of hours; Reason for encounter; Severity

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; OUT-OF-HOURS CARE; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTOR;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OFFICE VISITS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACUITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE;

EID: 85040180225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-017-0702-5     Document Type: Article

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