Update on Medicare-funded allied health chronic disease management consultations in dietetics and the five most referred professions in 2010

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Cant, Robyn P ^a   Foster, Michele M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Chronic disease management; Health policy; Medicare; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875011467     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2012.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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