NHS Direct versus general practice based triage for same day appointments in primary care: cluster randomised controlled trial

AUTOR(ES)

Richards, David A

FONTE

BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

RESUMO

Objective To assess the relative effects on consultation workload and costs of off-site triage by NHS Direct for patients requesting same day appointments compared with usual on-site nurse telephone triage in general practice.

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