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Research Article

Patient satisfaction with out-of-hours GP cooperatives: A longitudinal study

Marleen SmitsScientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Linda HuibersScientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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Anita Oude BosScientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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Paul GiesenScientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Pages 206-213 | Received 21 Nov 2011, Accepted 12 Sep 2012, Published online: 31 Oct 2012

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