Comparison of Critical Care Provided by Family Physicians and General Internists

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 354-358

  Hainer, Barry L ^a   Lawler, Frank H ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0023933489     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1988.03410030070031     Document Type: Article

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