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Follow-up After Telephone Consultations at Out-of-Hours Primary Care

Linda Huibers, Jan Koetsenruijter, Richard Grol, Paul Giesen and Michel Wensing
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2013, 26 (4) 373-379; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120185
Linda Huibers
From the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
MD, PhD
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Jan Koetsenruijter
From the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
MSc
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Richard Grol
From the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Paul Giesen
From the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Michel Wensing
From the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jul 2013, 26 (4) 373-379; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.04.120185
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