Care, outcomes, and patient satisfaction in musculoskeletal diseases among various specialties

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Kreder, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030478725     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-199610000-00013     Document Type: Short Survey

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