Seven-day access to NHS primary care: how does England compare with Europe?

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Medicine, 12224 University of California, San Francisco , CA 94143, USA.
² 2 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK.

Review

Sarah Rosenberg-Wohl et al. J R Soc Med. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;111(3):88-91.

doi: 10.1177/0141076818755557. Epub 2018 Jan 22.

¹ 1 Department of Medicine, 12224 University of California, San Francisco , CA 94143, USA.
² 2 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London W6 8RP, UK.

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Comment in

Seven-day access to primary care in the UK.
Perkins P. Perkins P. J R Soc Med. 2018 Jul;111(7):232. doi: 10.1177/0141076818772217. J R Soc Med. 2018. PMID: 29978745 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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