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Exploring General Practitioner Work in Upper Austria: A Pilot Retrospective Observational Study Across Thirty Practices

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 64 (2025): Issue 1 (March 2025)
By: Erika ZELKO,  Thomas PEINBAUER,  Lisa VOGGENBERGER,  Fabian BEKELAER,  Julia PANTOGLOU,  Denise STÜBL and  Erwin REBHANDL  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2025-0007 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
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Language: English
Page range: 49 - 58
Submitted on: Jul 11, 2024
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Accepted on: Oct 4, 2024
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Published on: Jan 2, 2025
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Primary healthcare, general/family medicine,
Upper Austria,
Organisational,
type of practice,
Scope of activities
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2025 Erika ZELKO, Thomas PEINBAUER, Lisa VOGGENBERGER, Fabian BEKELAER, Julia PANTOGLOU, Denise STÜBL, Erwin REBHANDL, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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