Primary care nurses: Effects on secondary care referrals for diabetes

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Van Dijk, Christel E ^a   Verheij, Robert A ^a   Hansen, Johan ^a   Van Der Velden, Lud ^a   Nijpels, Giel ^b   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a,c   De Bakker, Dinny H ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77955211892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-230     Document Type: Article

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