Doctors admitted to a physicians' health program: A comparison of self-referrals versus directed referrals

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Braquehais, María Dolores ^a,b   Valero, Sergi ^b   Bel, Miquel Jordi ^a,b   Navarro, María Cecilia ^a   Matalí, Josep Lluís ^a   Nasillo, Viviana ^b   Padrós, Jaume ^a   Arteman, Antoni ^a   Bruguera, Eugeni ^a,b   Casas, Miquel ^a,b  

^a Galatea Foundation   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL; SEX RATIO; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84903735317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005248     Document Type: Article

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