Improving primary care-specialty care communication: Lessons from San Francisco's safety net

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-67

  Chen, Alice Hm ^a   Yee Jr , Hal F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651321308     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.484     Document Type: Note

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