Patient and care characteristics of self-referrals treated by the general practitioner cooperative at emergency-care-access-points in the Netherlands
Abstract Background In the Netherlands, out-of-hours primary care is provided in general practitioner-cooperatives (GPCs). These are increasingly located on site and in collaboration with emergency departments of hospitals (ED). At such sites, also called emergency-care-access-points (ECAP), the GPC...
Main Authors: | Martijn Rutten, Fieke Vrielink, Marleen Smits, Paul Giesen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-05-01
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Series: | BMC Family Practice |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12875-017-0633-1 |
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