Assessing general practitioners' care of adult patients with learning disability: Case-control study

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Whitfield, Michael ^a   Langan, Joan ^a   Russell, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; General practice care; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0030094328     PISSN: 09638172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.5.1.31     Document Type: Article

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