Factors affecting primary care referrals to specialised care in the Community of Madrid;Factores determinantes de la derivación de atención primaria a las consultas externas de atención especializada en la Comunidad de Madrid

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 253-257

  Alberdi Ordiozola, J C ^a   Saenz Bajo N ^b,c  

^a Consejería de Sanidad y Consume de la Comunidad de Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^b Unidad Docente de Medina Familiar Y Comunitaria   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affecting factors; Primary care; Referrals

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

EID: 33646522203     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13086306     Document Type: Article

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