Increasing short-stay unplanned hospital admissions among children in England; time trends analysis '97-'06.

Timely care by general practitioners in the community keeps children out of hospital and provides better continuity of care. Yet in the UK, access to primary care has diminished since 2004 when changes in general practitioners' contracts enabled them to 'opt out' of providing out-of-h...

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Main Authors: Sonia Saxena, Alex Bottle, Ruth Gilbert, Mike Sharland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2758998?pdf=render