Survey comparing criteria used by rural and urban primary care physicians for referrals to child and adolescent psychiatrists and children's mental health agencies in ontario

Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 284-289

  Steele, Margaret ^a,b   Shapiro, Joel ^b   Davidson, Brenda ^b   Floyd, Gordon ^c   Johnston, Joanne ^c   Stretch, Neal ^d   Mohammed, Afzal ^e  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ontario Mental Health Foundation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children's mental health agencies; Family physicians; Paediatricians; Referral patterns; Rural primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 78049481044     PISSN: 17198429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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