Predictors of patient referrals by primary care residents to specialty care clinics

Family Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Bertakis, Klea D ^a   Callahan, Edward J ^a   Azari, Rahman ^b   Robbins, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035098610     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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