Differences in diagnostic approach between family physicians and other specialists in patients with unintentional body weight loss

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 586-590

  Lin, Hsing Wen ^a   Li, Chia Ming ^a   Lee, Yu Chi ^a   Lee, Long Teng ^a   Leung, Kai Kuen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Family physician; Specialist; Unintentional weight loss

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; TAIWAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0033428480     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.6.586     Document Type: Article

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