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Articles by Erik Zakariassen
Out-of-hours doctors’ decisions on call-outs in emergency situations
- Helle-Marie Brennvall,
- Helene Hauken,
- Steinar Hunskår,
- Torben Wisborg,
- Erik Zakariassen
21.04.2015:
Along with the Emergency Medical Communication Centres (EMCCs) and the ambulance service, the out-of-hours primary health care system comprises the emergency medical services outside hospitals (1, 2). According to the Norwegian Index for Medical Emergencies – a decision support tool used by the...
Cooperation between ambulance personnel and doctors in out-of-hours services
- Oddvar Førland,
- Erik Zakariassen,
- Steinar Hunskår
28.05.2009:
The ambulance services, the emergency health communication system and the municipal out-of-hours services comprise the «pillars» of the Norwegian medical emergency services outside of hospitals (2, 3). A good cooperation between these «pillars» are therefore of utmost importance to ensure that the...
Norwegian regular general practitioners’ participation in out-of-hours work
- Hogne Sandvik,
- Erik Zakariassen,
- Steinar Hunskår
04.10.2007:
Out-of-hours (OOH) emergency service is meant to be an obligatory part of the regular general practitioner’s (RGP) work. It comes in addition to ordinary work and is often seen as a burden (1). Working conditions can be difficult with an inherent risk of making mistakes (2) - (5). Every 10th...
Organization of Norwegian out-of-hours primary health care services
- Tobias Nieber,
- Elisabeth Holm Hansen,
- Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik,
- Steinar Hunskår,
- Jesper Blinkenberg,
- Janecke Thesen,
- Erik Zakariassen
17.05.2007:
Since Norway implemented the Municipal Health Services Act in 1984, municipalities have been responsible for organizing out-of-hours primary health care services (1). The municipalities are responsible for providing adequate health care services to all who live or stay in the municipality. Doctors...
Locations, facilities and routines in Norwegian out-of-hours services
- Erik Zakariassen,
- Jesper Blinkenberg,
- Elisabeth Holm Hansen,
- Tobias Nieber,
- Janecke Thesen,
- Gunnar Tschudi Bondevik,
- Steinar Hunskår
17.05.2007:
Municipalities have been responsible for organizing out-of-hours services since the Municipal Health Services Act of 1982 was implemented 1.4.1984 (1). The municipalities are responsible for organizing the out-of-hours services, providing doctors, premises, equipment and staff. The Municipal Health...