Referral from primary care to hospitals in Saudi Arabia: 1) quality of referral letters and feedback reports

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 15-22

  Jarallah, Jamal ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

feedback reports; primary care; quality; Referral letters; Saudi Arabia.

Indexed keywords

EID: 75449107236     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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