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Access to primary care and the route of emergency admission to hospital: retrospective analysis of national hospital administrative data

BACKGROUND: The UK government is pursuing policies to improve primary care access, as many patients visit accident and emergency (A and E) departments after being unable to get suitable general practice appointments. Direct admission to hospital via a general practitioner (GP) averts A and E use, an...

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Autores principales: Cowling, Thomas E, Harris, Matthew, Watt, Hilary, Soljak, Michael, Richards, Emma, Gunning, Elinor, Bottle, Alex, Macinko, James, Majeed, Azeem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4893129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26306608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004338