Qualitative evaluation of a form for standardized information exchange between orthopedic surgeons and occupational physicians

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Faber, Elske ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^a   Van Staa, Anne Loes ^a   Miedema, Harald S ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON; TELEPHONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISABILITY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750907689     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-144     Document Type: Article

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