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Out-of-Hours Care Collaboration between General Practitioners and Hospital Emergency Departments in the Netherlands

Elisabeth Sybilla Johanna van Gils-van Rooij, Christoffel Joris Yzermans, Sjoerd Michael Broekman, Berthold Rudy Meijboom, Gerben Paul Welling and Dingenus Herman de Bakker
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2015, 28 (6) 807-815; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.140261
Elisabeth Sybilla Johanna van Gils-van Rooij
From Scientific Center for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, BRM, DHdB); GP Cooperative Zuidoost Brabant, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, GPW); and The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, the Netherlands (CJY, SMB, DHdB).
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Christoffel Joris Yzermans
From Scientific Center for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, BRM, DHdB); GP Cooperative Zuidoost Brabant, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, GPW); and The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, the Netherlands (CJY, SMB, DHdB).
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Sjoerd Michael Broekman
From Scientific Center for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, BRM, DHdB); GP Cooperative Zuidoost Brabant, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, GPW); and The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, the Netherlands (CJY, SMB, DHdB).
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Berthold Rudy Meijboom
From Scientific Center for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, BRM, DHdB); GP Cooperative Zuidoost Brabant, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, GPW); and The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, the Netherlands (CJY, SMB, DHdB).
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Gerben Paul Welling
From Scientific Center for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, BRM, DHdB); GP Cooperative Zuidoost Brabant, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, GPW); and The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, the Netherlands (CJY, SMB, DHdB).
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Dingenus Herman de Bakker
From Scientific Center for Transformation in Care and Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, BRM, DHdB); GP Cooperative Zuidoost Brabant, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (ESJvG-vR, GPW); and The Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, the Netherlands (CJY, SMB, DHdB).
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2015, 28 (6) 807-815; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.140261
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