After-hours medical deputising services: patterns of use by older people

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After-hours medical deputising services: patterns of use by older people

OBJECTIVES: To examine how older people use an after-hours medical deputising service that arranges home visits by locum general practitioners; to identify differences in how people who live in the community and those who live in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) use this service. DESIGN, SET...

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Main Authors:	Joe, A., Lowthian, J., Shearer, M., Turner, L., Brijnath, Bianca, Pearce, C., Browning, C., Mazza, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Australasian Medical Publishing 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18531

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