General practitioner referral patterns for women with gynaecological symptoms: A randomised incomplete block study design

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 602-606

  Ramanathan, Shanthi A ^a   Baratiny, Genevieve ^b   Stocks, Nigel P ^c   Searles, Andrew M ^a   Redford, Russell J ^a  

^a Hunter Valley Research Foundation   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIGNETTE; AGE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84856075411     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja10.10867     Document Type: Article

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