Hearing and balance screening and referrals for medicare patients: A national survey of primary care physicians

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-190

  Johnson, Carole E ^a   Danhauer, Jeffrey L ^b   Koch, Lindsey Latiolais ^a   Celani, Kristina E ^b   Lopez, Ilian Priscilla ^b   Williams, Victoria A ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Elderly; Hearing; Medicare; Physicians; Referrals; Screening; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDITORY SCREENING; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM SCREENING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249110134     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.2.7     Document Type: Article

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