Referrals from general practice to consultants in Germany: If the GP is the initiator, patients' experiences are more positive

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Wensing, Michel ^a,b   Rueter, Gernot ^c   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GP Network Marbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 33644653310     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-5     Document Type: Article

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