Physician assessment of appropriate healthcare level among nonurgent patients

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 361-368

  Backman, Ann Sofie ^a,b,c   Blomqvist, Paul ^b,c   Lagerlund, Magdalena ^c   Adami, Johanna ^a,b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952837511     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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