Are patients who refer themselves to physiotherapy different from those referred by GPs? Results of a national trial

Physiotherapy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Holdsworth, Lesley K ^a   Webster, Valerie S ^a   McFadyen, Angus K ^a  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National trial; Patient profile; Physiotherapy; Self referral

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NECK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33748046188     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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