Referral characteristics of primary care physicians for seizure patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 744-748

  Moore, J Layne ^a   McAuley, James W ^a   Mott, David ^b   Reeves, Andrew L ^a   Bussa, Barbara ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Neurologist; Primary care physician; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034129601     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb00237.x     Document Type: Article

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