Children attending paediatricians study: A national prospective audit of outpatient practice from the Australian paediatric research network

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 392-397

  Hiscock, Harriet ^a,b,c   Roberts, Gehan ^a,b,c   Efron, Daryl ^a,b,c   Sewell, Jillian R ^a,b,c   Bryson, Hannah E ^a,b   Price, Anna M H ^a,b   Oberklaid, Frank ^a,b,c   South, Michael ^a,b,c   Wake, Melissa A ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79955500575     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03028.x     Document Type: Article

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