Evaluation of the impact of orthopaedic guidelines on referrals from primary care to a specialist department

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-31

  West, Yvonne R ^a,b   Kendrick, Benjamin J L ^a   Williamson, David M ^a  

^a GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Great Western Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Orthopaedics; Referral guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33847755484     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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