Does primary medical practitioner involvement with a specialist team improve patient outcomes? A systematic review

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 484, 2002, Pages 934-939

  Mitchell, Geoffrey ^a   Del Mar, Chris ^a   Francis, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Patient care planning; Patient care team; Specialist services

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMBASE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036844552     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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