Night calls in a single-handed rural practice.

The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners ·Vol. 30 ·No. 221 ·1980-12-00 ·Pages 745-7

Cunningham RJ

Abstract

Night calls attended by one doctor during five consecutive years (1973 to 1977) in a single-handed rural practice, were analysed and divided into two categories: (a) reasonable; (b) unreasonable. Half the night calls were genuine emergencies but 17 per cent were quite unnecessary.

MeSH Terms

Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool England Family Practice House Calls Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Middle Aged Rural Health

Authors & Affiliations

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Cunningham R J

References (3)

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Article Info

Journal

The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

Abbr.

J R Coll Gen Pract

ISSN

0035-8797

Published

1980-12-00

Pages

745-7

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

7503107

PMCID

PMC2159785

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