Setting the revisit interval in primary care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 230-235

  Schwartz, Lisa M ^a   Woloshin, Steven ^a   Wasson, John H ^b   Renfrew, Roger A ^c,d   Welch, H Gilbert ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dartmouth's Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Redington Medical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up; Revisit interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TIME;

EID: 0033047201     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1999.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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