A rheumatology consultancy program with general practitioners in Catalonia, Spain

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1328-1331

  Surís, Xavier ^a,e   Cerdà, Dacia ^a   Ortiz Santamaría, Vera ^a   Ponce, Andrés ^a   Simón, José Luís ^b   Calvo, Elena ^c   Torras, Maria Josep ^d   Hoyo, Guillermo ^d  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Spain)

^b Fundació Hospital Asil de Granollers   (Spain)

^c C Agy Hlth Technol Assess Res   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consultancy; General practitioners; Musculoskeletal; Primary care; Rheumatology; Waiting times

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SPAIN;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPAIN; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 34250161846     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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