Effect of ambulatory utilization review on referrals from generalists to specialists

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 778-780

  Grimm, Cordelia T ^a   Gomez, Arthur G ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory utilization review; Internal medicine residents; Referral to subspecialists

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0031724903     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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