Physicians' preferences for specialty involvement in the care of patients with neurological conditions

Medical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1196-1209

  Swarztrauber, Kari ^a,d   Vickrey, Barbara G ^b   Mittman, Brian S ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Physician's practice patterns; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036884880     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200212000-00007     Document Type: Article

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