Diagnostic scope of and exposure to primary care physicians in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: Cross sectional analysis of results from three national surveys

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7606, 2007, Pages 1261-1264

  Bindman, Andrew B ^a   Forrest, Christopher B ^b   Britt, Helena ^c   Crampton, Peter ^d   Majeed, Azeem ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OFFICE VISITS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250821066     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39203.658970.55     Document Type: Article

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