Factors influencing general practitioner referral of patients developing end-stage renal failure: A standardised case-analysis study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Montgomery, Anthony J ^a   McGee, Hannah M ^b   Shannon, William ^b   Donohoe, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARD; TRAINING; AGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UROLOGY; UTILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; CREATININE; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SPECIALIZATION; UROLOGY;

EID: 33749146721     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-114     Document Type: Article

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