Specialist involvement and referral patterns in ambulatory medical care for patients with dementia in Germany: Results of a claims data based case-control study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Van Den Bussche, Hendrik ^a   Wiese, Birgitt ^b   Koller, Daniela ^c   Eisele, Marion ^a   Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^d   Glaeske, Gerd ^c   Steinmann, Susanne ^b   Wegscheider, Karl ^a   Schön, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICINE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICINE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79959271961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-148     Document Type: Article

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