Analysing general practitioners' referral decisions II. Applying the analytical framework: Do high and low referrers differ in factors influencing their referral decisions?

Family Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 9-14

  Bailey, Jacqueline ^a   King, Nigel ^b   Newton, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028265521     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/11.1.9     Document Type: Article

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