Intra-professional and inter-professional referral patterns of chiropractors

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Smith, Monica ^a,d   Greene, Barry R ^b   Haas, Mitchell ^c   Allareddy, Veerasathpurush ^b  

^a Palmer College of Chiropratic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Western States Chiropractic College   (United States)

^d PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747691030     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-12     Document Type: Article

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