Factors influencing referral of patients with voice disorders from primary care to otolaryngology

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 214-220

  Cohen, Seth M ^a   Kim, Jaewhan ^b   Roy, Nelson ^c   Courey, Mark ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dysphonia; Laryngeal disorders; referral; voice; voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; LARYNGITIS; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX DISORDER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOICE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VOICE DISORDERS; LARYNGEAL DISORDERS; STATISTICS; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

DYSPHONIA; LARYNGEAL DISORDERS; REFERRAL; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 84895846442     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24280     Document Type: Article

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