title: Primary care. Open all hours.
abstract: The Department of Health has commissioned the Primary Care Foundation to benchmark out of hours care providers. The benchmark has revealed startling differences around the UK. Services, call handling methods and software all vary, so comparisons are difficult.
authors.forename: Kaye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McIntosh
mesh_terms: D039602:After-Hours Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019985:Benchmarking; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005582:Foundations / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom