Specialty referral completion among primary care patients: Results from the ASPN referral study

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-367

  Forrest, Christopher B ^a,e   Shadmi, Efrat ^b   Nutting, Paul A ^c   Starfield, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointment adherence; Continuity of patient care; Delivery of health care; Patient acceptance of health care; Practice based research; Primary health care; Referral and consultation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, PHYSICIAN SERVICES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548104056     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.703     Document Type: Article

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