Pattern and outcome of subsidised referrals to cardiology specialist outpatient clinics

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-108

  Kwok, Bernard Wing Kwok ^a   Hak, Chiaw Tang ^a   Shiou, Liang Wee ^b   Tai, Virginia U M ^b   Tan, Caren G P ^b   Chua, Terrance S J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Diagnostic outcome; Outcome; Referral; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 42249103242     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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