Co-location of out of hours primary care and emergency department in Belgium: patients' and physicians' view

• Main Authors: Birgitte Schoenmakers (Author), Jasper Van Criekinge (Author), Timon Boeve (Author), Jonas Wilms (Author), Chris Van Der Mullen (Author), Marc Sabbe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Belgium, General Practitioner Cooperatives (GPC) aim to improve working conditions for unplanned care and to reduce the number of low acuity emergency visits. Although this system is well organized, the number of low acuity visits does not decrease. Methods We explored the vie...