Enabling factors for specialist outreach in western KwaZulu-Natal
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Description of an internal medicine outreach consultant appointment in Western KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2007 to mid-2014.
BACKGROUND . This study is a description of an Internal Medicine outreach appointment in western KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) from 2007 to mid-2014, facilitated by the transport services of the Red Cross Air Mercy Service (AMS) and funded by the KZN-Department of Health (KZN-DOH). The hospital visits represented 'multifaceted' as opposed to 'simple' outreach. METHODS The AMS database of outreach visit...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2071-2936,2071-2928
DOI: 10.4102/phcfm.v10i1.1690