Does setting up out of hours primary care cooperatives outside a hospital reduce demand for emergency care?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 722-723

  van Uden, Caro J T ^a,b   Crebolder, H F J M ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 8644228463     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016071     Document Type: Article

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