Evaluating electronic referrals for specialty care at a public hospital

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1123-1128

  Kim Hwang, Judy E ^a,b   Chen, Alice Hm ^b,c   Bell, Douglas S ^d,e   Guzman, David ^c   Yee Jr , Hal F ^b,c   Kushel, Margot B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; communication; specialty care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 77957194252     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1402-1     Document Type: Article

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