Outpatient treatment. What is the evidence?;Ambulant behandling: Hvad er der evidens for?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 164, Issue 42, 2002, Pages 4913-4917

  Nickelsen, Thomas N ^a   Christensen, Majbritt ^a  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

AMBULATORY CARE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0037078372     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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