Referrals from a primary care-based sports medicine department to an orthopaedic department: A retrospective cohort study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1064-1067

  Menzies, Robert D ^a   Young, Richard A ^a  

^a JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPORTS MEDICINE; TEXAS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80052971416     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.072736     Document Type: Article

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