PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Murray, T. S.
AU  - Barber, J. H.
TI  - The workload of a commercial deputizing service
DP  - 1977 Apr 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 209--211
VI  - 27
IP  - 177
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/27/177/209.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/27/177/209.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1977 Apr 01; 27
AB  - The analysis of 1,098 calls to a commercial deputizing service during a period of four weeks is described. Approximately 20 per cent of the calls were for illnesses considered potentially life-threatening while in 22 per cent telephone advice was given and the patient was not visited by the deputy on call.