Aspects of referral care for headache associated with improvement

Headache

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 779-783

  Salvesen, Rolf ^a   Bekkelund, Svein Ivar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Nordland Sentralsykehus ^*

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Headache burden; Specialist consultation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORWAY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HEADACHE; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0043029836     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2003.03136.x     Document Type: Article

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