Reasons for choice of referral physician among primary care and specialist physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 506-512

  Barnett, Michael L ^a,b   Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,c,d   O'Malley, A James ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Physician referral; Primary care; Reasons for referral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84862561589     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1861-z     Document Type: Article

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