GPs' reasons for referral of patients with chest pain: A qualitative study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bruyninckx, Rudi ^a   Bruel, Ann Van Den ^a   Hannes, Karin ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a,b   Aertgeerts, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHEST PAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 69449104648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-10-55     Document Type: Article

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