Telephone reporting of the results of cardiac procedures: Feasibility and primary care physician preferences

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 521-526

  Blankenship, James C ^a,b   Menapace, Frank J ^a   Fox, Linette S ^a   Frey, Carolin M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033135815     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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