منابع مشابه
Children seen frequently out of hours in one general practice.
OBJECTIVE To identify reasons why some children receive more out of hours visits than most. DESIGN A one year prospective study to identify the study group. This was followed by a case-control study involving a record search and personal interviews. SETTING One three doctor urban general practice in West Lothian with 4812 patients. SUBJECTS 40 children aged under 10 years identified as hi...
متن کاملHeartsink encounters: a qualitative study of end-of-life care in out-of-hours general practice
OBJECTIVES We aimed to establish how prepared GPs who work regular out-of-hours shifts feel when dealing with end-of-life issues in palliative care patients, what they thought about seeing such patients and whether they considered themselves emotionally equipped to do so. DESIGN Semi-structured interviews were conducted with GPs who worked regular out-of-hours shifts. A detailed analysis of t...
متن کاملResponse to requests for general practice out of hours: geographical analysis in north west England.
The organisation of out of hours general practice (GP) in the UK has changed rapidly in recent years as practice based rotas and deputising services have given way to GP cooperatives in many areas. At the same time, the proportion of patients contacting an out of hours service who receive telephone advice only, rather than a face to face consultation, has risen substantially, although patients ...
متن کاملRisk taking in general practice: GP out-of-hours referrals to hospital.
BACKGROUND Emergency admissions to hospital at night and weekends are distressing for patients and disruptive for hospitals. Many of these admissions result from referrals from GP out-of-hours (OOH) providers. AIM To compare rates of referral to hospital for doctors working OOH before and after the new general medical services contract was introduced in Bristol in 2005; to explore the attitud...
متن کاملSocial variation in reasons for contacting general practice out-of-hours: implications for daytime service provision?
BACKGROUND Contact with general practice out-of-hours services increases with socioeconomic deprivation. The reasons for this association are unclear but may include variations in access to daytime services or differences in morbidity. AIM To identify the reasons for contact with the Glasgow Emergency Medical Service (GEMS) in relation to patient sociodemographic characteristics and the natur...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.302.6792.1584