Capacity and adaptations of general practice during an influenza pandemic.

BACKGROUND: GPs play a major role in influenza epidemics, and most patients with influenza-like-illness (ILI) are treated in general practice or by primary care doctors on duty in out-of-hours services (OOH). Little is known about the surge capacity in primary care services during an influenza pande...

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Main Authors: Kristian A Simonsen, Steinar Hunskaar, Hogne Sandvik, Guri Rortveit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3715475?pdf=render