A cross sectional study of requests for knee radiographs from primary care

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bedson, John ^a   Jordan, Kelvin P ^a   Croft, Peter R ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMAGING; JOINT CAVITY; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; X RAY ANALYSIS; ARTHROGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34548442921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-77     Document Type: Article

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