Active collaboration with primary care providers increases specialist referral in chronic renal disease

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mondry, Adrian ^a   Zhu, Ai Ling ^a   Loh, Marie ^a   Vo, Thuy D ^b   Hahn, Kai ^c  

^a BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b Klinikum Solingen   (Germany)

^c Dialysegemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12244310555     PISSN: 14712369     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-5-16     Document Type: Article

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