Who needs a gatekeeper? Patients' views of the role of the primary care physician

Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 222-229

  Gross, Revital ^a,c   Tabenkin, Hava ^b   Brammli Greenberg, Shuli ^a  

^a JDC Brookdale Institute   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gatekeeping; Patient surveys; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

EID: 0034042783     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/17.3.222     Document Type: Article

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