Geriatric day hospital: Opportunity or threat? A qualitative exploratory study of the referral behaviour of Belgian general practitioners

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vanden Bussche, Piet ^a   Desmyter, Fien ^a   Duchesnes, Christiane ^d   Massart, Valérie ^d   Giet, Didier ^d   Petermans, Jean ^c   Vyncke, Veerle ^a   Ven Den Noortgate, Nele ^b   Willems, Sara ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANCILLARY SERVICES, HOSPITAL; BELGIUM; DAY CARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77954395880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-202     Document Type: Article

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